Acharya Prashant begins by stating that companionship is wonderful, and one should be with any person or group of people who helps the mind to be centered. He explains that if marriage is another name for beautiful companionship, then marriage is wonderful. However, what truly matters is not the social institution of marriage, but the effect that another person's presence has on you. The presence of someone will necessarily have an effect on you, and vice versa, so you must know what that effect is. If someone's presence has a becalming, soothing, illuminating, or liberating effect on your mind, you should boldly be with that person as much as you want. However, you should be with them only as long as their effect upon you is liberating and as long as you do not become dependent on them, nor they on you. The relationship must be mutually healthy, not one entered into because of sexuality, loneliness, or social pressure. He cautions that one already has enough troubles and should not invite another trouble into their house. If someone can bring joy and truth to you, you should invite them right into your heart, and in that case, marriage becomes inconsequential. With the right person, it is wonderful whether you marry or not. Conversely, with the wrong person, it is bad luck whether you marry or not. The speaker points out that the issue is not the institution of marriage but the reasons that bring you into it. He questions whether people marry as an affirmation of divine love, suggesting that in reality, many marry for superficial reasons like assured sex, security in old age, fulfilling family expectations, or succumbing to peer pressure. He advises looking at your own mind and sorting it out first. With a sorted mind, whatever you do will be right. He concludes by emphasizing that what matters is liberation, not marriage itself. There have been liberated individuals who married and those who did not; it doesn't matter. If you are sorted and liberated, whatever you do will be right. If you are not, whatever you do will be wrong.