Shloka 15
Ādi Parva, Adhyāya 103 — Dhṛtarāṣṭra–Gāndhārī Vivāha: Proposal, Consent, and the Vow
आर्ष विधि पुरस्कृत्य दारान् विन्दन्ति चापरे । अष्टमं तमथो वित्त विवाहं कविभिर्वृतम्,“कुछ लोग आर्ष विधि (यज्ञ) करके ऋत्विजको कन्या देते हैं। इस प्रकार विवाहित होनेवाले (दैव विवाहकी रीतिसे) पत्नी प्राप्त करते हैं। इस तरह विद्दवानोंने यह विवाहका आठवाँ प्रकार माना है। इन सबको तुमलोग समझो
ārṣa-vidhiṁ puraskṛtya dārān vindanti cāpare | aṣṭamaṁ tam atho vitta vivāhaṁ kavibhir vṛtam ||
Sinabi ni Vaiśampāyana: “May ilan na, inuuna ang ritong pinagtibay ng mga Ṛṣi, ay nakakamit ang asawa sa pamamagitan ng pagbibigay ng dalaga sa paring tagapagpatupad ng handog-yajña bilang kabayaran sa sakripisyo. Ang anyong ito ng pag-aasawa—na kinikilala ng mga pantas bilang ikawalo—ay dapat ninyong maunawaan.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse classifies a specific dharma-recognized marriage practice: the Ārṣa form, where the bride is given in connection with a sacrificial rite and the officiating priest receives the maiden as part of the ritual fee; it emphasizes traditional categorization and the authority of learned consensus.
Vaiśampāyana is enumerating and explaining recognized types of marriage; here he notes that some people follow the Ārṣa procedure and that learned authorities count it as an established (here stated as the eighth) form.