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 ||
ಭೀಷ್ಮನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ಸ್ವಭಾವದಲ್ಲಿ ಅನುಕೂಲಳಾದ, ವಂಶಕ್ಕೆ ತಕ್ಕಳಾದ, ಸಹೋದರನಿಂದ ವಿಧಿಪೂರ್ವಕವಾಗಿ ನೀಡಲ್ಪಟ್ಟ, ಪ್ರಜ್ವಲಿತ ಅಗ್ನಿಯ ಸಮೀಪ ಕುಳಿತಿರುವಂತಹ ಸ್ತ್ರೀಯನ್ನು ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠ ದ್ವಿಜನು ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರವಿಧಿಯಂತೆ ಅಗ್ನಿಯನ್ನು ಪ್ರದಕ್ಷಿಣೆ ಮಾಡಿ ಪತ್ನಿಯಾಗಿ ಸ್ವೀಕರಿಸಬೇಕು।
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.