If after the hand of a maiden has been promised all the initial rites before marriage be performed, the maiden may still be given to a person other than the one to whom she had been promised. Only the giver commits the sin of falsehood; so far, however, as the relation of wife is concerned, no injury can occur thereto.
पाणिग्रहस्य तत्पाणिग्रहणात् पूर्वमन्तरं यत्र वर्तते। सर्वमङ्गलमन्त्रं वै मृषावादस्तु पातकः॥