The wise have said that after inviting accomplished man, a maiden may be bestowed on him decked with ornaments and accompanied with valuable presents as much as lie in the power of the bestower to give. Others may bestow their daughters by accepting a couple of kine. Some again may bestow their daughters by taking a fixed sum and some again take away maidens by force. Some marry with the consent of the maidens and some by dragging them into consent. Some by obtaining their parents' consent, some again obtain wives as presents.
आहूय दानं कन्यानां गुणवद्भ्यः स्मृतं बुधः। अलंकृत्य यथाशक्ति प्रदाय च धनान्यपि॥ प्रयच्छन्त्यपरे कन्या मिथुनेन गवामपि। वित्तेन कथितेनान्ये बलेनान्येऽनुमान्य च॥ प्रमत्तामुपयन्त्यन्ये स्वयमन्ये च विन्दते।