Shloka 35

Matsya Purana — Devayānī Meets Yayāti: Courtship

Devanagari script

वहस्व भार्यां धर्मेण देवयानीं शुचिस्मिताम् अनया सह सम्प्रीतिम् अतुलां समवाप्नुहि //

Transliteration

vahasva bhāryāṃ dharmeṇa devayānīṃ śucismitām anayā saha samprītim atulāṃ samavāpnuhi //

Translation

Take Devayānī—whose smile is pure—as your lawful wife in accordance with dharma; and with her, attain an incomparable and enduring mutual affection.

Word by Word

• वहस्व: take (as wife), marry

• भार्याम्: a wife

• धर्मेण: according to dharma, lawfully, righteously

• देवयानीम्: Devayānī (proper name)

• शुचिस्मिताम्: of pure/bright smile, modestly smiling

• अनया सह: together with her

• सम्प्रीतिम्: deep affection, concord, mutual love

• अतुलाम्: incomparable, unequalled

• समवाप्नुहि: attain fully, obtain.

Speaker

• A senior authority figure giving counsel (likely a father/elder or royal adviser within the Yayati narrative; traditional puranic framing often places such counsel within Sūta’s narration)

Entities Mentioned

• Devayānī

Tags

• Dharma
• Marriage
• Householder-Duty
• Genealogy
• Royal-Narrative

FAQs

What does this verse reveal about the creation or dissolution (Pralaya)?

Nothing directly—this verse is ethical counsel within a royal-genealogical narrative, focusing on dharmic marriage and harmony rather than cosmic creation or pralaya.

How does this verse relate to the duties of a King or Householder?

It frames marriage as a dharmic institution: one should accept a wife lawfully (dharmeṇa) and cultivate concord (samprīti), reflecting the householder’s duty to uphold social order and personal virtue.

What is the architectural or ritual significance mentioned here?

No Vāstu/temple or iconographic rule is stated; the only “ritual” implication is the insistence on dharma—i.e., marriage undertaken through proper lawful/religious norms.