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Shloka 54

Dāyavibhāga (Inheritance Apportionment) and Household Precedence — Dialogue of Yudhiṣṭhira and Bhīṣma

तत्पाणिग्रहणात्‌ पूर्वमन्तरं यत्र वर्तते । सर्वमड्रलमन्त्रं वै मृषावादस्तु पातक:

tat-pāṇigrahaṇāt pūrvam antaraṃ yatra vartate | sarva-maṅgala-mantraṃ vai mṛṣāvādas tu pātakaḥ ||

بھیشم نے کہا—اگر پाणिग्रहण (ہاتھ پکڑنے کی رسم) سے پہلے کہیں وقفہ یا رکاوٹ پیدا ہو جائے—اگرچہ تمام مبارک رسوم اور منتر ادا ہو چکے ہوں—اور پھر کنیا کسی دوسرے لائق دولہے کو دے دی جائے، تو دینے والے (سرپرست) پر صرف جھوٹ بولنے کا گناہ آتا ہے۔

तत्that
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
पाणिग्रहणात्from (the act of) hand-taking (marriage rite)
पाणिग्रहणात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootपाणिग्रहण
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular
पूर्वम्before
पूर्वम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपूर्व
अन्तरम्a gap; interruption
अन्तरम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअन्तर
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
यत्रwhere
यत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयत्र
वर्ततेexists; occurs
वर्तते:
TypeVerb
Rootवृत्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Atmanepada
सर्वम्all; entire
सर्वम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
मङ्गलम्auspicious rite; auspicious act
मङ्गलम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमङ्गल
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
मन्त्रंmantra; sacred formula
मन्त्रं:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमन्त्र
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
वैindeed
वै:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै
मृषावादःfalse speech; lying
मृषावादः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमृषावाद
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तुbut; however
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
पातकःa sin; sinful act
पातकः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपातक
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

भीष्य उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
P
pāṇigrahaṇa (marriage rite)

Educational Q&A

The binding point of marriage is pāṇigrahaṇa; if a match is altered before that, the primary fault is breaking one’s word (mṛṣāvāda), not an invalid or adulterous marriage.

Bhīṣma addresses a debated case in marriage procedure: even if preliminary auspicious rites and mantras have begun, if an interruption occurs before the hand-taking, the bride may be given to another groom; the giver’s culpability is limited to false speech.