Shloka 17
Dāyavibhāga (Inheritance Apportionment) and Household Precedence — Dialogue of Yudhiṣṭhira and Bhīṣma
प्रजा न हीयते तस्या रतिश्ष भरतर्षभ । अतोडन््यथा वर्तमाना भवेद् वाच्या प्रजापते:
prajā na hīyate tasyā ratiś ca bharatarṣabha | ato 'nyathā vartamānā bhaved vācyā prajāpateḥ ||
毗湿摩说道：“噢，婆罗多族中的雄牛啊，在此等情形下，那女子所生的子嗣并不被视为地位有损，她与那男子的结合亦不算可责。然而，若有女子违背此正当之道行事，便会在生灵之主——般若波提（Prajāpati）的眼中成为可谴之人，因为她背离了所规定的行为法则。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
When conduct follows the sanctioned rule, neither the woman’s union nor the resulting progeny is considered inferior; deviation from the prescribed norm is morally censured, framed as blameworthy before Prajāpati.
In Bhīṣma’s instruction to Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma, he clarifies a rule about sexual/relational conduct and the status of offspring: proper, rule-bound relations do not taint progeny, whereas acting ‘otherwise’ invites condemnation.