Shloka 16
Varṇasaṃkara: Causes, Classifications, and Conduct-based Recognition (वर्णसंकरः—हेतु-जाति-आचारनिर्णयः)
असूयवस्त्वधर्मिष्ठा: परस्वादायिन: शठा: । आसुरादधिसम्भूता धर्माद् विषमवृत्तय:
asūyavas tv adharmiṣṭhāḥ parasvādāyinaḥ śaṭhāḥ | āsurād adhisambhūtā dharmād viṣamavṛttayaḥ ||
Bhīṣma dijo: «Quienes nacen de la forma de matrimonio āsura suelen ser buscadores de faltas, hondamente adharma, usurpadores de la riqueza ajena, engañosos y propensos a una conducta contraria al dharma».
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhīṣma links the manner of marriage to ethical disposition, warning that coercive or acquisitive unions (āsura-vivāha) foster tendencies like envy, deceit, theft, and conduct opposed to dharma.
In his instruction on dharma, Bhīṣma is describing the moral consequences associated with different forms of marriage, here characterizing the offspring said to arise from the āsura type.