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 ||
ଭୀଷ୍ମ କହିଲେ— ହେ ଯୁଧିଷ୍ଠିର! ଯେ ସ୍ତ୍ରୀ ଯାହାକୁ ଅଭିପ୍ରେତ କରେ ଏବଂ ଯେ ପୁରୁଷ ତାକୁ ଅଭିପ୍ରେତ କରେ, ସେହି ସ୍ତ୍ରୀକୁ ସେହି ପୁରୁଷଙ୍କୁ ଦେବା ଉଚିତ। ବେଦବିଦ୍ ଲୋକେ ସେହି ବିବାହଧର୍ମକୁ ‘ଗାନ୍ଧର୍ବ’ ବୋଲି କହନ୍ତି।
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.