Shloka 8
अम्बोपाख्याने तापसानां विचारः तथा होत्रवाहनस्य उपदेशः
Ambā among ascetics; Hotravāhana directs her to Paraśurāma
नाहं त्वय्यन्यपूर्वायां भार्यार्थी वरवर्णिनि | कथमस्मद्विधो राजा परपूर्वा प्रवेशयेत्
nāhaṁ tvayy anyapūrvāyāṁ bhāryārthī varavarṇini | katham asmadvidho rājā parapūrvāṁ praveśayet ||
“肤色明丽的女子啊，我不愿娶一个先前属于他人的女人为妻。像我这样的国王——明辨事理，又以达摩训诫他人——怎能把一个已被他人先行占有其权利的女子迎入家门？贤淑的女子，你愿往何处便往何处去；莫让你在此的时日徒然虚耗。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhīṣma frames personal conduct as inseparable from public moral authority: a ruler who teaches dharma must also embody social-ethical restraint, especially in matters of marriage and household legitimacy.
Bhīṣma addresses a woman who seeks entry into his household as a wife; he refuses on the ground that she has had a prior association with another man, and he advises her to go wherever she chooses rather than remain there in vain.