Shloka 35
Dāyavibhāga (Inheritance Apportionment) and Household Precedence — Dialogue of Yudhiṣṭhira and Bhīṣma
तस्मादा ग्रहणात् पाणेर्याचयन्ति परस्परम् । कन्यावर: पुरा दत्तो मरुद्धिरिति न: श्रुतम्
tasmād āgrahaṇāt pāṇer yācayanti parasparam | kanyāvaraḥ purā datto marudbhir iti naḥ śrutam ||
ভীষ্মে ক’লে—সেয়ে পাণিগ্ৰহণ-সংস্কাৰ সম্পন্ন নোহোৱালৈকে বৰ আৰু কন্যাই পৰস্পৰক বিচাৰিব পাৰে, একে-অপৰক অনুৰোধ কৰিব পাৰে। আমি শুনিছোঁ, প্ৰাচীনকালত মৰুদ্গণে কন্যা-বৰৰ এই ‘পৰস্পৰ নিৰ্বাচন’ক অধিকাৰ হিচাপে অনুমোদন কৰিছিল। সুতৰাং পাণিগ্ৰহণ নোহোৱালৈকে পৰস্পৰ অনুৰোধ অনুমত।
भीष्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Until the pāṇigrahaṇa rite is performed, the prospective bride and groom are not yet ritually bound; therefore, mutual seeking/asking is allowed. The passage grounds this permissibility in traditional authority attributed to the Maruts.
Bhīṣma is explaining norms of marriage-dharma: he clarifies when a match becomes binding and cites an old tradition—said to be granted by the Maruts—to justify that prior to the hand-taking ceremony, the parties may still request or choose one another.