Shloka 70
परिवेत्ता प्रयच्छेत तां स्नुषां परिवित्तये । ज्येछेन त्वभ्यनुज्ञातो यवीयानप्यनन्तरम् । एवं च मोक्षमाप्रोति तौ च सा चैव धर्मत:,परिवेत्ता पुरुष उस नववधूको पतोहूके रूपमें ज्येष्ठ भाईको सौंप दे और ज्येष्ठ भाईकी आज्ञा मिलनेपर छोटा भाई उसे पत्नीरूपमें ग्रहण करे। ऐसा करनेपर वे तीनों धर्मके अनुसार पापसे छुटकारा पाते हैं
parivettā prayacchet tāṁ snuṣāṁ parivittaye | jyeṣṭhena tv abhyanujñāto yavīyān apy anantaram || evaṁ ca mokṣam āpnoti tau ca sā caiva dharmataḥ |
Bhishma bersabda: Saudara yang lebih muda yang telah menikah lebih dahulu ketika kakaknya masih belum menikah (parivettā) hendaknya menyerahkan pengantin itu sebagai menantu kepada sang kakak yang terlewati (parivitta). Setelah kakak memberi izin, barulah si adik kemudian boleh menerimanya sebagai istri. Dengan bertindak demikian, kedua saudara itu dan perempuan tersebut—ketiganya—terbebas dari cela menurut dharma.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches a dharmic remedy for the social and moral fault incurred when a younger brother marries before the elder: the younger should transfer the bride to the elder (the one bypassed), and only with the elder’s consent may the younger later marry her, so that all involved are cleared of blame according to dharma.
In Shanti Parva’s instruction on dharma, Bhishma outlines a specific rule concerning family marriage order. He describes the roles of parivettā (the younger who married first) and parivitta (the elder bypassed) and prescribes a corrective sequence—handover, elder’s acceptance/permission, and only then the younger’s subsequent marriage—framed as removing pāpa-doṣa for the three parties.