Shloka 1
Varṇasaṃkara: Causes, Classifications, and Conduct-based Recognition (वर्णसंकरः—हेतु-जाति-आचारनिर्णयः)
/ अपन का बा | अपर ३-स्मृतियोंमें निम्नलिखित आठ विवाह बतलाये गये हैं--ब्राह्म
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | kanyāyāḥ prāptaśulkāyāḥ patiḥ na jñāyate kaścana | tatra kā pratipattiḥ syāt tan me brūhi pitāmaha ||
ຢຸທິສຖິຣ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ທ່ານປູ່, ຖ້າພໍ່ໄດ້ຮັບຄ່າເຈົ້າສາວແລ້ວ ແຕ່ບັດນີ້ບໍ່ມີຜົວມາຮັບ—ເພາະຜູ້ທີ່ຈ່າຍຄ່ານັ້ນໄດ້ໄປຕ່າງແດນ ແລະຄົນອື່ນກໍຢ້ານເຂົາຈົນບໍ່ກ້າແຕ່ງງານກັບນາງ—ພໍ່ຂອງນາງຄວນເຮັດແນວໃດ? ຂໍໃຫ້ທ່ານບອກຂ້ອຍ.»
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames a dharma-legal dilemma: once a bride-price has been accepted, the father’s freedom to remarry the daughter is ethically constrained. Yudhiṣṭhira seeks a principled procedure that protects the maiden’s welfare while respecting obligations created by accepting śulka.
In Anuśāsana Parva, Yudhiṣṭhira questions Bhīṣma on rules of conduct. Here he presents a specific case: the bride-price has been taken, but the intended groom is absent and others fear marrying her; he asks Bhīṣma what the father should do next according to dharma.