Giving material gifts of gold ornaments, clothes, etc. to a bride or the groom was NOT
sanctioned in ancient Védic culture.
न क यायाः पता व वान ्गृि णयात् - शु कम्अणु - अ प ।
गृ णन् - शु कं ह लोभेन यान्नरो अप य व यी ॥ ३ - ५१
No father of a daughter who is knowledgeable
(about Védic Dharma)
should accept even a smallest gift
(from the groom) out of greed
since that is considered to be ‘a sale of his daughter’.
Manusmruti 3-51
The married couple’s main responsibility is to bring up children who have noble ( Āryan) characteristics and who in turn will become good citizens. Védic Dharma also teaches that every woman in the world must be accorded the highest respect and honor, like one’s own mother.
“May the pure life-giving, enlightening woman be respected
as a mother everyday so that she provides us with peace and
eradicates all hatred from the society.”
Roog (Rig) Véd (ऋ वेद) 8.18.7
य नाय ु पू
े रम े त देवता :।
य ैता ु न पू
े सव
ाफला : ि या :।
Yatra Nāryastu pujyante ramante tatra devatāhā