Yudhishthira said Desirous of marriage some one actually gives a dower to the girl's kinsmen; some one, the girl's kinsmen consenting, promises to give a present; some one says, I shall carry away the girl by force; some one simply shows his riches; some one, again, actually takes the hand of the girl with rites of marriage. I ask you, O grandfather, whose wife does the girl actually become? You are the eye to those who wish to know the truth.
युधिष्ठिर उवाच शुल्कमन्येन दत्तं स्याद् ददानीत्याह चापरः। बलादन्यः प्रभाषेत धनमन्यः प्रदर्शयेत्॥ पाणिग्रहीता चान्य: स्यात् कस्य भार्या पितामह। तत्त्वं जिज्ञासमानानां चक्षुर्भवतु नो भवान्।॥