कन्या ह्यदायादा परेषामेवार्थायाक्लेश्या च ॥ कZ_०७.१७.१६ ॥
kanyā hy adāyādā pareṣām evārthāyākleśyā ca
娘は(生家の系譜において)相続を担う者ではなく、他者(夫の家)の利益に奉仕し、苦難を強いられ得るからである。
As a historical statement of patrilineal inheritance and alliance incentives in Kautilya’s milieu; analytically, it explains why marriage-based guarantees can be structurally asymmetric in power politics.