Manu has stated that marriage-connection with a highly placed family leads to advancement: ‘uttamairuttamai-----etc.’ i.e. ‘one should always try, step by step to rise higher and higher with the passage of time, establishing connections (through marriage) with the highly placed. The sage concludes the account of the marriage in which both the bride and the bridegroom came from families of noble descent, by using the descriptive words ‘rajarshisuta’ i.e. ‘the son of a saintly king’ and ‘uttamarajakanyaya’ i.e. ‘with the princess born of a noble family’.
Importance of marriage connection 1.77.32
Manu has stated that marriage-connection with a highly placed family leads to advancement: ‘uttamairuttamai-----etc.’ i.e. ‘one should always try, step by step to rise higher and higher with the passage of time, establishing connections (through marriage) with the highly placed. The sage concludes the account of the marriage in which both the bride and the bridegroom came from families of noble descent, by using the descriptive words ‘rajarshisuta’ i.e. ‘the son of a saintly king’ and ‘uttamarajakanyaya’ i.e. ‘with the princess born of a noble family’.