O lady of sweet smiles, this eternal usage, very favourable to the women, had the sanction of antiquity; the present practice has been established only very lately. Hear, I shall narrate to you in detail who established it and why.
स्त्रीणामनुग्रहकरः स हि धर्मः सनातनः। अस्मिंस्तु लोके न चिरान्मर्यादेयं शुचिस्मिते॥ स्थापिता येन यस्माच्च तन्मे विस्तरतः शृणु।