Shloka 24
Dāyavibhāga (Inheritance Apportionment) and Household Precedence — Dialogue of Yudhiṣṭhira and Bhīṣma
नैकान्तो दोष एकस्मिंस्तदा केनोपपद्यते | धर्मतो यां प्रयच्छन्ति यां च क्रीणन्ति भारत
naikānto doṣa ekasmiṁs tadā kenopapadyate | dharmato yāṁ prayacchanti yāṁ ca krīṇanti bhārata ||
ພີສະມະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ຄວາມຜິດບໍ່ເກີດຂຶ້ນແບບສິ້ນເຊີງຢູ່ຝ່າຍດຽວ—ແລ້ວໃນກໍລະນີນັ້ນ ຈະຕັ້ງຂໍ້ຕຳນິໄດ້ແນວໃດ? ໂອ ພາຣະຕະ! ເມື່ອພີ່ນ້ອງແລະຍາດຂອງກະນີ ໄດ້ມອບນາງຕາມທຳມະ ໂດຍພິທີຈັບມື (pāṇigrahaṇa) ຫຼືແມ່ນກະທັ້ງມອບໂດຍຮັບຄ່າຕອບແທນ, ຖ້າຊາຍຜູ້ແຕ່ງງານຕາມຮູບແບບອັນຖືກຕ້ອງ—ຫຼືຜູ້ຈ່າຍຄ່າ—ນຳນາງໄປບ້ານຂອງຕົນ ກໍບໍ່ມີຄວາມຜິດທາງຈິດທຳ. ໃນສະພາບນັ້ນ ຄວາມຜິດຈະເກີດຂຶ້ນໄດ້ແນວໃດ?»
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma argues that moral blame cannot be assigned absolutely to one party when a marriage occurs through socially recognized means—whether by lawful gifting of the bride or by a transaction accepted in that context; thus, taking the bride home in such a case is not, by itself, a doṣa.
In Anushasana Parva, Bhishma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and social conduct. Here he addresses a question about the legitimacy and fault (doṣa) in certain forms of marriage acquisition, asserting that in the described circumstances culpability does not arise.