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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.21.27

ఆత్మజామసితాపాఙ్గీం వయ:శీలగుణాన్వితామ్ । మృగయన్తీం పతిం దాస్యత్యనురూపాయ తే ప్రభో ॥ ౨౭ ॥
ātmajām asitāpāṅgīṁ
[aatmajaam asitaapaangeem]
vayaḥ-śīla-guṇānvitām
[vayah-sheela-gunaanvitaam]
mṛgayantīṁ patiṁ dāsyaty
[mrigayanteem patim daasyaty]
anurūpāya te prabho
[anuroopaaya te prabho]
ātma-jām — his own daughter asita — black apāṅgīm — eyes vayaḥ — grown-up age śīla — with character guṇa — with good qualities anvitām — endowed mṛgayantīm — searching for patim — a husband dāsyati — he will give anurūpāya — who are suitable te — unto you prabho — My dear sir.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
ātmajām asitāpāṅgīṁ
ātma-jām
his own daughter
asita
black
apāṅgīm
eyes
vayaḥ-śīla-guṇānvitām
vayaḥ
grown-up age
śīla
with character
guṇa
with good qualities
anvitām
endowed
mṛgayantīṁ patiṁ dāsyaty
mṛgayantīm
searching for
patim
a husband
dāsyati
he will give
anurūpāya te prabho
anurūpāya
who are suitable
te
unto you
prabho
My dear sir.
He has a grown-up daughter whose eyes are black. She is ready for marriage, and she has good character and all good qualities. She is also searching for a good husband. My dear sir, her parents will come to see you, who are exactly suitable for her, just to deliver their daughter as your wife.

The selection of a good husband for a good girl was always entrusted to the parents. Here it is clearly stated that Manu and his wife were coming to see Kardama Muni to offer their daughter because the daughter was well qualified and the parents were searching out a similarly qualified man. This is the duty of parents. Girls are never thrown into the public street to search out their husband, for when girls are grown up and are searching after a boy, they forget to consider whether the boy they select is actually suitable for them. Out of the urge of sex desire, a girl may accept anyone, but if the husband is chosen by the parents, they can consider who is to be selected and who is not. According to the Vedic system, therefore, the girl is given over to a suitable boy by the parents; she is never allowed to select her own husband independently.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
O best of sages! He will give to you his daughter of suitable age, nature, and qualities, with dark eyes, who desires a husband. Her age and qualities are suitable for you.
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