Shloka 7
Cyavana’s Water-Vow and the Ethics of Cohabitation (स्नेह-सम्वास-धर्मः)
भीष्म उवाच ब्राह्मण: क्षत्रियो वैश्यस्त्रयो वर्णा द्विजातय: । एतेषु विहितो धर्मों ब्राह्मणस्य युधिष्ठिर
bhīṣma uvāca | brāhmaṇaḥ kṣatriyo vaiśyas trayo varṇā dvijātayaḥ | eteṣu vihito dharmo brāhmaṇasya yudhiṣṭhira |
ພີສະມະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂອ ຢຸທິສຖິຣະ, ພຣາຫມະນ, ກະສັດຕຣິຍ, ແລະ ໄວສະຍ—ສາມວັນນະນີ້ເອີ້ນວ່າ ‘ທະວິຈະ’ (ເກີດສອງຄັ້ງ). ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ຕາມທຳມະ ການແຕ່ງງານຂອງພຣາຫມະນ ຖືກກຳນົດໃຫ້ຢູ່ໃນສາມວັນນະນີ້»។
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma defines the ‘twice-born’ (dvija) as the three varnas—Brahmin, Kshatriya, and Vaishya—and states that a Brahmin’s marriage is dharmically prescribed within these groups.
In Bhishma’s instruction to Yudhishthira on dharma (Anushasana Parva), he is laying down normative social-religious rules, here specifying the accepted marital sphere for a Brahmin according to traditional dharma.