Shloka 28
Prāyaścitta and Contextual Non-Culpability (प्रायश्चित्त-निमित्त-अदोषवाद)
निवेश्यं तु पुनस्तेन सदा तारयता हा | नतु स्त्रिया भवेद् दोषो न तु सा तेन
niveśyaṃ tu punas tena sadā tārayatā hā | na tu striyā bhaved doṣo na tu sā tena lipyate ||
Вьяса сказал: Если после брака старшего брата младший, уже женатый прежде, совершит брачный обряд вновь ради спасения предков, то по причине той женщины на него не ложится вина; и сама женщина не оскверняется виной, исходящей от него.
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
A remedial re-performance of the marriage rite, when done with the dharmic intention of benefiting the ancestors, does not generate moral fault; importantly, the woman is explicitly protected from blame or moral taint.
Vyāsa lays down a rule-like clarification about a complex marital situation involving elder and younger brothers: after the elder brother’s marriage, the younger brother may undertake a renewed marriage-sacrament for ancestral deliverance, and neither he nor the woman should be considered culpable on that account.