रजस्वला तु यः कन्यां पिता यच्छति निर्घृणः । स पातयेदसंदिग्धं दश पूर्वान्दशापरान्
rajasvalā tu yaḥ kanyāṃ pitā yacchati nirghṛṇaḥ | sa pātayedasaṃdigdhaṃ daśa pūrvāndaśāparān
கருணையின்றி ரஜஸ்வலையான கன்னியைக் கல்யாணத்திற்குக் கொடுக்கும் தந்தை, நிச்சயமாக பத்து முன்னோர்களையும் பத்து பின்வந்தவர்களையும் வீழ்ச்சியுறச் செய்கிறான்।
Brāhmaṇī (speech continues)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A stern dharma-teaching scene: an elder/ṛṣi admonishes a father about improper marriage timing; behind them a symbolic ancestral line fades, indicating 'ten before and ten after' affected.
Guardians bear heavy dharmic responsibility; wrongful giving in marriage is portrayed as causing intergenerational harm.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse.
A prohibition concerning kanyā-dāna under an inauspicious/forbidden condition; no further ritual detail is provided.
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