ययोरात्मसमं वित्तं जन्मैश्वर्याकृतिर्भव: । तयोर्विवाहो मैत्री च नोत्तमाधमयो: क्वचित् ॥ १५ ॥
yayor ātma-samaṁ vittaṁ janmaiśvaryākṛtir bhavaḥ tayor vivāho maitrī ca nottamādhamayoḥ kvacit
- yayoḥ
- of which two
- ātma-samam
- equal to oneself
- vittam
- property
- janma
- birth
- aiśvarya
- influence
- ākṛtiḥ
- and physical appearance
- bhavaḥ
- posterity
- tayoḥ
- of them
- vivāhaḥ
- marriage
- maitrī
- friendship
- ca
- and
- na
- not
- uttama
- of a superior
- adhamayoḥ
- and an inferior
- kvacit
- ever
Marriage and friendship are proper between two people who are equal in terms of their wealth, birth, influence, physical appearance and capacity for good progeny, but never between a superior and an inferior.