देवदत्तां पतिर्भा्या वेत्ति धर्मस्य शासनात् । स दैवीं मानुषी वाचमनृतां पर्युदस्यति
devadattāṁ patir bhāryāṁ vetti dharmasya śāsanāt | sa daivīṁ mānuṣīṁ vācam anṛtāṁ paryudasyati ||
ພີດສະມະກ່າວວ່າ: «ດ້ວຍການນອບນ້ອມຕາມບັນຍັດແຫ່ງທຳມະ ຜົວຍ່ອມຮັບຮູ້ເປັນເມຍ ນາງຜູ້ມາຮອດຕົນໂດຍຖືກຕ້ອງ ເສມືອນສ່ວນແບ່ງທີ່ຟ້າກຳນົດ. ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ລາວຈຶ່ງຮັບນາງເປັນຂອງຂວັນແຫ່ງຊະຕາ ແລະປັດທິ້ງເປັນຄຳເທັດ ຄຳເວົ້າຂອງມະນຸດທີ່ຈະກ່າວວ່າ ການແຕ່ງງານນັ້ນບໍ່ສົມຄວນ».
भीष्म उवाच
A marriage that is righteous and sanctioned by dharma should be accepted as divinely allotted; one should not be swayed by false, worldly criticism that tries to invalidate it.
Bhishma is instructing on household and marital dharma, explaining that a husband should acknowledge a lawfully obtained wife as fate-given and disregard untruthful human talk that labels the union improper.