Shloka 32
ययातेर्वानप्रस्थतपःस्वर्गारोहणम् | Yayāti’s Vānaprastha Austerities and Ascent to Heaven
ययातिरुवाच अधर्मो न स्पृशेदेष महान् मामिह भार्गव | वर्णसंकरजो ब्रद्वान्निति त्वां प्रवृणोम्पहम्,ययाति बोले--भार्गव ब्रह्मन! मैं आपसे यह वर माँगता हूँ कि इस विवाहमें यह प्रत्यक्ष दीखनेवाला वर्णसंकरजनित महान् अधर्म मेरा स्पर्श न करे
yayātir uvāca | adharmo na spṛśed eṣa mahān mām iha bhārgava | varṇasaṅkarajo brāhmaṇn iti tvāṃ pravṛṇomy aham ||
Yayāti dijo: “Oh Bhārgava, oh brāhmaṇa: en este asunto, que no me toque jamás ese gran adharma, nacido del peligro visible de la mezcla de varṇas en este matrimonio. Este es el don que escojo pedirte.”
शुक्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames marriage as an ethical act with social and religious consequences: one should seek to avoid adharma, especially wrongdoing believed to arise from varṇa-confusion (varṇa-saṅkara), and proactively request safeguards aligned with dharma.
King Yayāti addresses Bhārgava (Śukra) while seeking a boon. He asks that the grave adharma connected with the perceived risk of varṇa-saṅkara in the contemplated marriage should not attach to him.