Shloka 24
च्यवन-कुशिक-संवादः
Cyavana–Kuśika Dialogue on Hospitality, Service, and Lineage Questions
तदगोत्रबन्धुजं तस्य कुर्यात् संस्कारमच्युत । अथ देया तु कन्या स्यात् तद्वर्णस्य युधिछ्िर
tad-agotra-bandhujaṁ tasya kuryāt saṁskāram acyuta | atha deyā tu kanyā syāt tad-varṇasya yudhiṣṭhira ||
قال بهيشما: «يا يودهيشثيرا الثابت على الدارما، ينبغي أن تُقام له طقوس السَّمْسْكارا (saṃskāra) كما تُقام لأقارب الأب الكافل من أهل الغوترا (gotra) نفسها؛ ثم تُعطى له للزواج فتاةٌ من الفَرْنَة (varṇa) ذاتها».
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma teaches that a dependent or fostered person should be integrated into the guardian’s kin-structure through appropriate saṁskāras, and then settled in life through a socially appropriate marriage within the same varṇa—emphasizing orderly dharma, social responsibility, and continuity of rites.
In Anushasana Parva, Bhishma is instructing Yudhishthira on dharma and proper conduct. Here he gives a practical rule: perform the customary rites for someone under one’s care as one would for one’s own same-gotra relatives, and arrange a suitable marriage for him within the same varṇa.