Shloka 25
Adhiratha-Rādhā Discover the Casket; Vasuṣeṇa (Karṇa) is Adopted and Formed
यथाहं त्वदृते वीर नान्यं स्वप्रेडप्पचिन्तयम् । तथा मे देवनिर्दिष्टस्त्वमेव हि पतिर्भव,“वीर! यदि मैंने आपके सिवा दूसरे किसी पुरुषका स्वप्रमें भी चिन्तन न किया हो तो देवताओंके दिये हुए एकमात्र आप ही मेरे पति हों?
yathāhaṃ tvadṛte vīra nānyaṃ svapne 'pi cintayam | tathā me devanirdiṣṭas tvam eva hi patir bhava ||
Mārkaṇḍeya sprach: „O Held, wenn es wahr ist, dass ich — außer dir — nicht einmal im Traum meine Gedanken einem anderen Mann zugewandt habe, dann sollst du allein, von den Göttern mir bestimmt, mein Gemahl sein.“
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse links personal integrity (not entertaining desire for another even in thought) with dharmic legitimacy in marriage, presenting fidelity and truthfulness as ethical grounds for accepting a divinely sanctioned spouse.
Mārkaṇḍeya narrates a statement in which a woman addresses a hero: she asserts her exclusive mental fidelity to him and, on that basis, declares him to be the one husband ordained for her by the gods.