Matsya Purana — Devayānī Meets Yayāti: Courtship, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

दुराधर्षतरो विप्रस् तस्माद्भीरु मतो मम अतो ऽदत्तां च पित्रा त्वां भद्रे न विवहाम्यहम् //

Transliteration

durādharṣataro vipras tasmādbhīru mato mama ato 'dattāṃ ca pitrā tvāṃ bhadre na vivahāmyaham //

Translation

Ce brāhmaṇa est d’une invincibilité redoutable ; aussi, ô craintive, telle est mon opinion : puisque ton père ne t’a pas donnée (à moi), ô noble dame, je ne t’épouserai pas.

Word by Word

• durādharṣataraḥ: more difficult to assail/overpower

• vipraḥ: brāhmaṇa

• tasmāt: therefore

• bhīru: O fearful/timid one

• mataḥ: opinion/view

• mama: my

• ataḥ: hence/therefore

• adattām: not given (in marriage)

• ca: and

• pitrā: by (your) father

• tvām: you

• bhadre: O auspicious/noble lady

• na: not

• vivahāmi: I marry/I will wed

• aham: I

Speaker

• An unnamed male speaker (narrative dialogue within Matsya Purana Adhyaya 30; exact interlocutors not explicit from the single verse)

Entities Mentioned

• Vipra (Brāhmaṇa)
• Father (pitrā)

Tags

• Dharma
• Marriage
• Consent
• Social Ethics
• Narrative

FAQs

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

This verse does not discuss pralaya; it focuses on personal conduct and the dharmic requirement of proper consent in marriage.

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

It supports dharmic social order: a householder should contract marriage through proper guardianship/consent and avoid actions that provoke conflict with a brāhmaṇa or violate accepted marital procedure.

What is the architectural or ritual significance mentioned here?

No Vāstu or temple-ritual instruction appears here; the verse is about social propriety (vivāha) rather than architecture or iconography.