Shloka 56
Dāyavibhāga (Inheritance Apportionment) and Household Precedence — Dialogue of Yudhiṣṭhira and Bhīṣma
अनुकूलामनुवंशां क्रात्रा दत्तामुपाग्निकाम् । परिक्रम्य यथान्यायं भार्या विन्देद् द्विजोत्तम:
anukūlām anuvaṁśāṁ ca bhrātrā dattām upāgnikām | parikramya yathānyāyaṁ bhāryāṁ vinded dvijottamaḥ ||
भीष्म म्हणाले—जी स्त्री स्वभावाने अनुकूल, वंशास अनुरूप, भावाने विधिपूर्वक दिलेली आणि प्रज्वलित अग्नीच्या समीप बसलेली असेल—अशी पत्नी श्रेष्ठ द्विजाने शास्त्रविधीनुसार अग्नीची परिक्रमा करून स्वीकारावी।
भीष्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Marriage is presented as a dharmic sacrament: the bride should be compatible and properly given by a guardian, and the union is ritually sealed by circumambulating the sacred fire according to śāstric procedure.
Bhishma is instructing on household and marriage duties, describing the proper qualifications of a bride and the ritual act—circumambulation of the kindled fire—by which a twice-born man formally accepts her as wife.