Shloka 16
Varṇasaṃkara: Causes, Classifications, and Conduct-based Recognition (वर्णसंकरः—हेतु-जाति-आचारनिर्णयः)
Devanagari script
असूयवस्त्वधर्मिष्ठा: परस्वादायिन: शठा: । आसुरादधिसम्भूता धर्माद् विषमवृत्तय:
Transliteration
asūyavas tv adharmiṣṭhāḥ parasvādāyinaḥ śaṭhāḥ | āsurād adhisambhūtā dharmād viṣamavṛttayaḥ ||
Translation
毗湿摩说道：“凡由阿修罗式婚姻（āsura）所生者，多好挑人过失，深陷不义，侵夺他人财物，狡诈多端，并倾向于行事违背达摩（dharma）。”
Word by Word
असूयवःfault-finding, envious
असूयवः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअसूयवत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
अधर्मिष्ठाःunrighteous, sinful
अधर्मिष्ठाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअधर्मिष्ठ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
परस्वादायिनःtaking/appropriating others' wealth
परस्वादायिनः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootपरस्व-आदायिन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
शठाःdeceivers, rogues
शठाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशठ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
आसुरात्from the Asura-(type) (marriage)
आसुरात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootआसुर
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular
अधिसम्भूताःarisen/produced (therefrom)
अधिसम्भूताः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअधि-सम्-भू (सम्भूत)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
धर्मात्from dharma; from righteousness
धर्मात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular
विषमवृत्तयःof perverse/irregular conduct
विषमवृत्तयः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootविषम-वृत्ति
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BhīṣmaĀ
Āsura-vivāha (āsura form of marriage)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
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.