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The father, grandfather (father's father - aja or baba), brother, paternal uncle (chacha), gotra-born man, guru, maternal grandfather (mother's father) and maternal uncle are the relatives of the daughter in order. || 82 ||
Daughter's Right. If there is no father, grandfather etc. to give her in marriage, then in such a situation, the daughter should perform her own marriage. Some Acharyas say this. This rule should be understood in times of great distress. || 83 ||
Now the marriage ceremony - marriage ritual. The groom should go to the daughter's house, to the mandap adorned with toranas. The daughter's mother should come quickly and welcome the groom. || 84 || The groom should sit on a seat made of wood of udumbara etc. trees, properly prepared by the daughter's father etc. || 85 || The groom should go to the daughter's house. There he should sit on a seat made of wood of udumbara etc. trees, properly prepared by the daughter's father etc., in the mandap adorned with toranas etc. Then the daughter's mother should come quickly and welcome the groom. || 84-85 ||
Groom's Worship. Then the daughter's father should wash the groom's feet and offer him a yajnopavita, a ring and other ornaments. || 86 || Then the daughter's father should wash the groom's feet and offer him a yajnopavita, a ring and other ornaments. || 86 ||
Bride's Worship. Then the groom should take the water for washing the feet and slowly pour it on the daughter. Then he should offer her an arghya and worship her. || 87 || After the groom's worship, the bride should be worshipped. He should do this by taking the water for washing the groom's feet and slowly pouring it on the daughter, washing her feet and offering her an arghya. || 87 ||
Offering of Arghya. The groom should then take the arghya given by the daughter's father in his hands with great respect, look at it carefully and slowly drop it into the vessel through the holes in his fingers. || 88 || The groom should then take the arghya given by the daughter's father in his hands with great respect, look at it carefully and slowly drop it into the vessel through the holes in his fingers. || 88 ||