ऋषिरुवाच बाढमुद्वोढुकामोऽहमप्रत्ता च तवात्मजा । आवयोरनुरूपोऽसावाद्यो वैवाहिको विधि: ॥ १५ ॥
rsir uvaca badham udvodhu-kamo ’ham apratta ca tavatmaja avayor anurupo ’sav adyo vaivahiko vidhih
- rsih
- the great sage Kardama
- uvaca
- said
- badham
- very well
- udvodhu-kamah
- desirous to marry
- aham
- I
- apratta
- not promised to anyone else
- ca
- and
- tava
- your
- atma-ja
- daughter
- avayoh
- of us two
- anurupah
- proper
- asau
- this
- adyah
- first
- vaivahikah
- of marriage
- vidhih
- ritualistic ceremony.
The great sage replied: Certainly I have a desire to marry, and your daughter has not yet married or given her word to anyone. Therefore our marriage according to the Vedic system can take place.