Shloka 27
ययातेर्वानप्रस्थतपःस्वर्गारोहणम् | Yayāti’s Vānaprastha Austerities and Ascent to Heaven
देवयान्युवाच दत्तां वहस्व तन्मा त्वं पित्रा राजन् वृतो मया । अयाचतो भयं नास्ति दत्तां च प्रतिगृह्नतः
devayāny uvāca: dattāṃ vahasva tan mā tvaṃ pitrā rājan vṛto mayā | ayācato bhayaṃ nāsti dattāṃ ca pratigṛhṇataḥ | tiṣṭha rājan muhūrtaṃ tu preṣayiṣyāmy ahaṃ pituḥ |
提婆耶尼说道：“大王啊，请只在我父亲依礼将我交付之时才接纳我；我虽已择定于你，但婚事当以父亲的正式授与而成。你并非以求婚者之身前去索取，只在我被交付时才受纳，因此不必惧他不悦。大王且稍候片刻；我即刻遣人传信于父亲。”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights dharmic propriety in marriage: personal choice is acknowledged, yet the union is to be regularized through the guardian’s formal consent and gifting (dāna), reducing conflict and ensuring social legitimacy.
Devayānī tells the king (Yayāti) that although she has chosen him, he should accept her only when her father formally gives her in marriage; she asks him to wait briefly while she sends a message to her father (Śukra).