Shloka 83
पूर्व दत्त्वा तु यः कन्यां द्वितीये दातुमिच्छति । सो<पि राजन् मृतो जन्तुः कृमियोनौ प्रजायते,राजन्! जो पहले एक व्यक्तिको कन्यादान करके फिर दूसरेको उसी कन्याका दान करना चाहता है, वह भी मरनेके बाद कीड़ेकी योनिमें जन्म लेता है
pūrvaṃ dattvā tu yaḥ kanyāṃ dvitīye dātum icchati | so 'pi rājan mṛto jantuḥ kṛmiyonau prajāyate ||
Yudhiṣṭhira disse: “Ó Rei, aquele que, após ter dado uma donzela em casamento, deseja depois dar essa mesma donzela a um segundo homem—ele também, ao morrer, renasce como criatura no ventre dos vermes. Isto é declarado uma grave transgressão moral nos assuntos do matrimônio e do dever social.”
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse warns that violating the integrity of a maiden’s marriage arrangement—by attempting to ‘give’ the same girl again to another man after already giving her—constitutes a serious breach of dharma, bringing severe karmic consequences (symbolized by rebirth in a low form such as worms).
In the Anuśāsana Parva’s instructional discourse on dharma, Yudhiṣṭhira addresses a king and cites a moral rule concerning marriage conduct, emphasizing the gravity of reassigning a bride after an initial giving.