Yudhishthira said I ask, O foremost of Bharata's race, what is the origin of the declaration, about satisfying all duties jointly, which is made on the occasion of person's marriage.
युधिष्ठिर उवाच यदिदं सहधर्मेति प्रोच्यते भरतर्षभ। पाणिग्रहणकाले तु स्त्रीणामेतत् कथं स्मृतम्॥