Shloka 56
Dāyavibhāga (Inheritance Apportionment) and Household Precedence — Dialogue of Yudhiṣṭhira and Bhīṣma
अनुकूलामनुवंशां क्रात्रा दत्तामुपाग्निकाम् । परिक्रम्य यथान्यायं भार्या विन्देद् द्विजोत्तम:
anukūlām anuvaṁśāṁ ca bhrātrā dattām upāgnikām | parikramya yathānyāyaṁ bhāryāṁ vinded dvijottamaḥ ||
ビーシュマは言った。最上の二度生まれ（dvija）は、性情が和らぎ、己の家系にふさわしく、兄によって正しく与えられ、燃える聖火のそばに座する女を妻として受けよ。法にかなって火を巡り歩んだのち、シャーストラの規定に従って彼女を娶るべきである。
भीष्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Marriage is presented as a dharmic sacrament: the bride should be compatible and properly given by a guardian, and the union is ritually sealed by circumambulating the sacred fire according to śāstric procedure.
Bhishma is instructing on household and marriage duties, describing the proper qualifications of a bride and the ritual act—circumambulation of the kindled fire—by which a twice-born man formally accepts her as wife.