Shloka 20
Dāyavibhāga (Inheritance Apportionment) and Household Precedence — Dialogue of Yudhiṣṭhira and Bhīṣma
पाणिग्रहीता चान्य: स्यात् कस्य भार्या पितामह | तत्त्वं जिज्ञासमानानां चक्षुर्भवतु नो भवान्
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
pāṇigrahītā cānyaḥ syāt kasya bhāryā pitāmaha |
tattvaṃ jijñāsamānānāṃ cakṣur bhavatu no bhavān ||
ຢຸດທິສຖິຣະກ່າວວ່າ: «ທ່ານປູ່, ຖ້າຊາຍຄົນໜຶ່ງຢືນຢັນການແຕ່ງງານໂດຍຈ່າຍຄ່າເຈົ້າສາວ, ອີກຄົນໜຶ່ງຢືນຢັນໂດຍສັນຍາຈ່າຍ, ຄົນທີສາມປາຖະໜາຈະພານາງໄປດ້ວຍກຳລັງ, ຄົນທີສີ່ພະຍາຍາມຊະນະໃຈຍາດພີ່ນ້ອງຂອງນາງດ້ວຍຊັບສິນພິເສດ, ແລະຄົນທີຫ້າໄດ້ຈັບມືນາງໃນພິທີແຕ່ງງານແລ້ວ—ຕາມທຳມະ ນາງນັ້ນຄວນເປັນເມຍຂອງໃຜ? ພວກເຮົາກຳລັງສືບສວນຄວາມຈິງ; ຂໍໃຫ້ທ່ານເປັນດວງຕາໃຫ້ພວກເຮົາ».
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames a dharma-inquiry: when multiple competing claims arise—payment, promise, coercion, bribing relatives, and the completed hand-taking rite—one must determine legitimacy not by power or wealth but by the true legal-ethical principle (tattva) as explained by an authoritative elder.
In the Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction section, Yudhiṣṭhira asks Bhīṣma to adjudicate a complex marriage dispute involving several suitors with different kinds of claims, requesting clear guidance on whose wife the girl is considered according to dharma.