Shloka 6
Dāyavibhāga (Inheritance Apportionment) and Household Precedence — Dialogue of Yudhiṣṭhira and Bhīṣma
अभिप्रेता च या यस्य तस्मै देया युधिष्ठिर । गान्धर्वमिति तं॑ धर्म प्राहुरवेदविदो जना:
abhipretā ca yā yasya tasmai deyā yudhiṣṭhira | gāndharvam iti taṁ dharmaṁ prāhur avedavido janāḥ ||
ພີສະມະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂອ ຢຸດທິສຖິຣາ, ຍິງຜູ້ທີ່ຊາຍເລືອກ ແລະປາຖະໜາກັນແບບຕ່າງຝ່າຍຕ່າງພໍໃຈ ຄວນມອບໃຫ້ເຂົາ. ບັນດານັກຮູ້—ຜູ້ຮູ້ພຣະເວດ—ກ່າວວ່າ ການແຕ່ງງານແບບນັ້ນເອີ້ນວ່າ ‘ຄານທັຣວະ’ ອັນຕັ້ງຢູ່ເທິງການຍິນຍອມ ແລະການເລືອກຂອງຕົນ»
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhīṣma defines the Gāndharva form of marriage as one based on mutual desire and consent: when a woman and a man choose each other, she should be given to him, and this is affirmed as dharma by Veda-knowers.
In Bhīṣma’s instruction to Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and social duties, he is classifying and explaining marriage norms, here identifying the consent-based union as the Gāndharva mode and grounding it in authoritative tradition.