पीताः श्यावाश्च दशनाः स्थूलादीर्घाद्विपंक्तयः
Yellow or dark teeth, thick, long, and uneven in rows.
अधस्तादधिकैर्दंतैर्मातरं भक्षयेत्स्फुटम् 4.1.37.
If the lower teeth are more numerous, she will surely devour her mother.
गोक्षीरवर्णविशदे सुस्निग्धे कृष्णपक्ष्मणी 4.1.37.
Clear as cow's milk, very smooth, with black eyelashes.
रोमशेन शिरालेन प्रांशुना रोगिणी मता ।। 4.1.37.
Hairy, veined, tall—such a woman is considered sickly.
कृष्णः स एव भर्तृघ्न्याः पुंश्चल्याश्च प्रकीर्तितः 4.1.37.
Black is said to be the mark of a husband-killer or an adulteress.
सा पतिं हंति वर्षेण यस्या मध्ये कृकाटिकम् 4.1.37.
She kills her husband within a year if there is a mole in the middle.
अतः सुलक्षणा योषा परिणेया विचक्षणैः 4.1.37.
Therefore, a woman of good qualities should be married by the wise.
लक्षणानि मयोक्तानि सुखाय गृहमेधिनाम्
I have described the qualities that bring happiness to householders.
स्कंद उवाच गांधर्वो राक्षसश्चापि पैशाचोऽष्टम उच्यते
Skanda said: The Gandharva, Rakshasa, and Paisacha are called the eighth (types of marriage).
स ब्राह्मो वरमाहूय यत्र कन्या स्वलंकृता
The Brahma marriage is where the bride, adorned, is invited with honor.
यज्ञस्थायर्त्विजे दैवस्तज्जःपाति चतुर्दश
The Daiva marriage is performed at the sacrificial altar for the officiating priest.
सहोभौ चरतां धर्ममित्युक्त्वा दीयतेर्थिने
Both together, having declared their adherence to dharma, are given to the seeker.
चत्वार एते विप्राणां धर्म्याः पाणिग्रहाः स्मृताः
These four are remembered as righteous forms of marriage for Brahmins.
प्रसह्यकन्याहरणाद्राक्षसो निंदितः सताम्
The Rakshasa marriage, involving the forcible taking of the bride, is condemned by the virtuous.
प्रायः क्षत्रविशोरुक्ता गांधर्वासुरराक्षसाः
Generally, Gandharva, Asura, and Rakshasa marriages are spoken of among Kshatriyas and Vaishyas.
सवर्णया करो ग्राह्यो धार्यः क्षत्रियया शरः
Marriage should be contracted with one of the same varna; for a Kshatriya, the arrow is to be upheld.
असवर्णस्त्वेष विधिः स्मृतो दृष्टश्च वेदने
But this rule is remembered for those not of the same varna, and is seen in practice.
धर्म्यैर्विवाहैर्जायंते धर्म्या एव शतायुषः 4.1.38.
From righteous marriages are born those who live a hundred years, righteous themselves.
ऋतुकालाभिगमनं धर्मोयं गृहिणः परः
Approaching one's wife at the proper time is the highest dharma for a householder.
दिवाभिगमनं पुंसामनायुष्यं परं मतम्
Approaching women during the day is considered by the wise as detrimental to longevity.
तत्र गच्छन्स्त्रियं मोहाद्धर्मात्प्रच्यवते परात्
There, one who approaches a woman out of delusion deviates from dharma and the highest good.
ऋतुकालाभिगामी यः स्वदारनिरतश्च यः
He who approaches his wife at the proper time and is devoted to her alone,
ऋतुः षोडशयामिन्यश्चतस्रस्ता सुगर्हिताः
The menstrual period lasts sixteen nights; four of these are well suited.
त्यक्त्वा चंद्रमसं दुःस्थं मघां पौष्णं विहाय च शुचिं पुत्रं प्रसूयेत पुरुषार्थप्रसाधकम्
Avoiding the nights of the moon, the difficult Magha, and Pausha, one should produce a pure son, who fulfills the aims of life.
आर्षे विवाहे गोद्वंद्वं यदुक्तं तन्न शस्यते
In the Ṛṣi marriage, what is called the exchange of cattle is not recommended.
अपत्यविक्रयी कल्पं वसेद्विट्कृमिभोजने
One who sells offspring should live as one who eats excrement and worms.
स्त्रीधनान्युपजीवंति ये मोहादिह बांधवाः
Those relatives who subsist on a woman's property here out of delusion—
पत्या तुष्यति यत्र स्त्री तुष्येद्यत्र स्त्रिया पतिः 4.1.38.
Where the wife is pleased by the husband, and the husband is pleased by the wife—
वाणिज्यं नृपतेः सेवा वेदानध्यापनं तथा
Trade, service to the king, and teaching the Vedas—
कुर्याद्वैवाहिके वह्नौ गृह्यकर्मान्वहं गृही
One should perform household rites daily at the marital fire.