Shloka 16
Varṇasaṃkara: Causes, Classifications, and Conduct-based Recognition (वर्णसंकरः—हेतु-जाति-आचारनिर्णयः)
असूयवस्त्वधर्मिष्ठा: परस्वादायिन: शठा: । आसुरादधिसम्भूता धर्माद् विषमवृत्तय:
asūyavas tv adharmiṣṭhāḥ parasvādāyinaḥ śaṭhāḥ | āsurād adhisambhūtā dharmād viṣamavṛttayaḥ ||
Wika ni Bhīṣma: “Yaong mga isinilang mula sa anyo ng pag-aasawang āsura ay karaniwang mapanuri sa pagkukulang ng iba, lubhang salungat sa dharma, nang-aagaw ng yaman ng kapwa, mapanlinlang, at nahihilig sa asal na laban sa dharma.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhīṣma links the manner of marriage to ethical disposition, warning that coercive or acquisitive unions (āsura-vivāha) foster tendencies like envy, deceit, theft, and conduct opposed to dharma.
In his instruction on dharma, Bhīṣma is describing the moral consequences associated with different forms of marriage, here characterizing the offspring said to arise from the āsura type.