कन्या ह्यदायादा परेषामेवार्थायाक्लेश्या च ॥ कZ_०७.१७.१६ ॥
kanyā hy adāyādā pareṣām evārthāyākleśyā ca
कन्या हि अदायादा; परेषाम् एव अर्थाय, अक्लेश्या च (भवति)।
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.