Shloka 39
Dāyavibhāga (Inheritance Apportionment) and Household Precedence — Dialogue of Yudhiṣṭhira and Bhīṣma
गृहीतपाणिरेका5<सीत् _प्राप्तशुल्का पराभवत् | कन्या गृहीता तत्रैव विसर्ज्या इति मे पिता,उनमेंसे एक कन्या अम्बा अपना हाथ शाल्वराजके हाथमें दे चुकी थी; अर्थात् मन-ही- मन उनको अपना पति मान चुकी थी। दूसरी (दो कन््याओं)-का काशिराजको शुल्क प्राप्त हो गया था। इसलिये मेरे पिता (चाचा) कुरुवंशी बाह्नीकने वहीं कहा कि “जो कन्या पाणिगृहीत हो चुकी है उसका त्याग कर दो और दूसरी कन्याका (जिनके लिये शुल्कमात्र लिया गया है) विवाह करो।' मुझे चाचाजीके इस कथनमें संदेह था, इसलिये मैंने दूसरोंसे भी इसके विषयमें पूछा
gṛhītapāṇir ekā āsīt prāptaśulkā parābhavat | kanyā gṛhītā tatraiva visarjyā iti me pitā |
Bhishma said: “One of the maidens had already given her hand—she had, in her heart, accepted Shalva as her husband. In the case of the other maiden(s), the bride-price had already been received by the king of Kāśī. Therefore the elder of our line declared on the spot: ‘The maiden whose hand has already been taken should be released here and now; the other maiden(s), for whom only the bride-price has been taken, should be married.’ Yet I felt uncertainty about this statement, and so I asked others as well about the proper course.”
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