Shloka 19
Dāyavibhāga (Inheritance Apportionment) and Household Precedence — Dialogue of Yudhiṣṭhira and Bhīṣma
युधिछिर उवाच शुल्कमन्येन दत्तं स्याद् ददानीत्याह चापर: । बलादन्य: प्रभाषेत धनमन्य: प्रदर्शयेत्
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca— śulkam anyena dattaṃ syād dadānīty āha cāparaḥ | balād anyaḥ prabhāṣeta dhanam anyaḥ pradarśayet |
ຢຸດທິສຖິຣະກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂອ ພຣະອະຍົກ, ໃນກໍລະນີທີ່ຊາຍຄົນໜຶ່ງໄດ້ຈ່າຍຄ່າເຈົ້າສາວແລ້ວ, ອີກຄົນໜຶ່ງໄດ້ຍຶນຢັນການສູ່ຂໍໂດຍສັນຍາວ່າ ‘ຂ້ອຍຈະຈ່າຍ’, ຄົນທີສາມເວົ້າວ່າຈະພານາງໄປດ້ວຍກຳລັງ, ແລະອີກຄົນໜຶ່ງພະຍາຍາມຊະນະໃຈຍາດພີ່ນ້ອງຂອງນາງໂດຍສະແດງຊັບສິນຫຼາຍກວ່າ—ໃນຂະນະທີ່ຄົນທີຫ້າໄດ້ປະກອບພິທີຈັບມືແຕ່ງງານ (pāṇigrahaṇa) ແລ້ວ—ຕາມທຳມະ ນາງນັ້ນຄວນຖືກນັບເປັນເມຍຂອງໃຜ? ພວກເຮົາປາຖະໜາຮູ້ຫຼັກທີ່ແທ້ໃນເລື່ອງນີ້. ຂໍໃຫ້ທ່ານເປັນດວງຕາ ແລະຜູ້ນຳທາງໃຫ້ພວກເຮົາ».
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames a dharma-legal problem: when multiple men assert competing claims over a maiden through payment, promise, wealth inducement, coercion, or completed ritual, which claim is valid. It invites a principled hierarchy of legitimacy—privileging lawful procedure and completed sacramental acts over mere promises, bribery, or force.
In Anuśāsana Parva, Yudhiṣṭhira consults Bhīṣma on subtle points of conduct. Here he presents a complex marriage dispute with several claimants and asks Bhīṣma to determine, according to dharma, who should be regarded as the rightful husband.