Shloka 8
Śulka, Kanyā, and Dauhitra-Riktha: Discourse on Bride-Price and Inheritance Rights (शुल्क-कन्या-दौहित्र-रिक्थविचारः)
तस्या हि भगिनी तात ज्येष्ठा नाम्ना प्रभावती । भार्या चित्ररथस्याथ बभूवाड्रेश्वरस्य वै,तात! रुचिकी बड़ी बहिन, जिसका नाम प्रभावती था, अंगराज चित्ररथको ब्याही गयी थी
tasyā hi bhaginī tāta jyeṣṭhā nāmnā prabhāvatī | bhāryā citrarathasyātha babhūvāḍreśvarasya vai ||
Bhīṣma said: “O dear one, her elder sister, named Prabhāvatī, became the wife of Citraratha—indeed, of the lord of the mountains.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the dharmic importance of lineage and marital alliances: family relations and marriages are narrated to explain social bonds, legitimacy, and the network of duties and obligations that arise from them.
Bhīṣma identifies a woman’s elder sister, Prabhāvatī, and states that she married Citraratha, described with the epithet ‘lord of the mountains,’ situating the family within a broader political and genealogical context.