Shloka 22
Brahmacarya-Upāya: Jñāna, Śauca, and the Mind’s Role in Desire (शान्ति पर्व, अध्याय २०७)
उत्पाद्य तु महाभागस्तासामवरजा दश । ददौ धर्माय धर्मज्ञो दक्ष एव प्रजापति:,तदनन्तर धर्मके ज्ञाता महाभाग प्रजापति दक्षने दस कन्याएँ और उत्पन्न कीं, जो पूर्वोक्त तेरह कनन््याओंसे छोटी थीं। उन सबका विवाह उन्होंने धर्मके साथ कर दिया
utpādya tu mahābhāgas tāsām avarajā daśa | dadau dharmāya dharmajño dakṣa eva prajāpatiḥ ||
Bhīṣma berkata: Kemudian Prajāpati Dakṣa yang mulia, seorang yang mengetahui dharma, memperanakkan sepuluh orang puteri lagi, lebih muda daripada yang disebut terdahulu, lalu mengahwinkan mereka semua dengan Dharma.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents marriage and progeny as instruments for sustaining dharma: a dharma-knowing progenitor (Dakṣa) aligns familial alliances with Righteousness (Dharma), symbolizing that social continuity and ethical order should be rooted in dharma rather than mere desire or power.
Bhīṣma narrates that Prajāpati Dakṣa, after earlier daughters, produces ten additional younger daughters and gives them to Dharma in marriage, continuing the genealogical account that explains the origins of various lineages associated with righteousness.