True marriage requires family consent and serves spiritual realization, not merely bodily comfort or sense gratification.Listen — Srila Prabhupada Uvaca
Prabhupāda: Hmm. He knows the rules and regulations? Atreya Ṛṣi: Yes, Śrīla Prabhupāda.
Prabhupāda: Let him say. Let him say. Atreya Ṛṣi: [Farsi to Mustafa] You can say it in English? Mustafa: Yes.
Prabhupāda: Say in English. [Atreya Ṛṣi translates from Farsi] No illicit sex, no gambling, no intoxication, no meat-eating. Mustafa: ...and eggs and fish. Atreya Ṛṣi: His name in Farsi, his name is Mustafa.
Prabhupāda: So his spiritual name, Vallabha dāsa. Atreya Ṛṣi: Balab?
Prabhupāda: Vallabha dāsa. Not like that, here. Atreya Ṛṣi: Vallabha dāsa. His name is, in Farsi, Hussein. It means "all-compassionate." Prabhupāda: So far the ten offenses, you will teach them.
Your name, Śrīdhara dāsa. Hussein: Śrīdhara? Atreya Ṛṣi: Śrīdhara dāsa. Hari-śauri: Jaya. Hare Kṛṣṇa. Prabhupāda: Hare Kṛṣṇa. Atreya Ṛṣi: Jaya Śrīla Prabhupāda. Prabhupāda: So read one passage from the books. Pradyumna: Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya. Oṁ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya.
[devotees repeat] [leads chanting, etc.] so 'nu jñātvā vyavasitaṁ mahiṣyā duhituḥ sphuṭam tasmai guṇa-gaṇāḍhyāya dadau tulyāṁ praharṣitaḥ [SB 3.22.22] [04:42] Translation: "After having unmistakenly known the decision of the Queen, as well as that of Devahūti, the Emperor most gladly gave his daughter to the sage, whose host of virtues was equaled by hers." Prabhupāda: so 'nu jñātvā vyavasitaṁ mahiṣyā duhituḥ sphuṭam tasmai guṇa-gaṇāḍhyāya dadau tulyāṁ praharṣitaḥ [SB 3.22.22] So here is the Emperor Manu, so he decided to give his daughter to Kardama Muni. And the sanction of the Queen, that was also expected. That means the father's sanction, the mother's sanction, and the girl who is going to be married, her sanction, These things are required before marriage takes place. Nowadays, dāmpatye ratim eva hi svīkāram eva udvāhe: marriage takes place simply by agreement between the parties, the boy and the girl.