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śrī-rājovāca
brahmarṣir bhagavān kāvyaḥ
kṣatra-bandhuś ca nāhuṣaḥ
rājanya-viprayoḥ kasmād
vivāhaḥ pratilomakaḥ

WORD BY WORD — PALABRA POR PALABRA



TRANSLATION — TRADUCCION

Mahārāja Parīkṣit said: Śukrācārya was a very powerful brāhmaṇa, and Mahārāja Yayāti was a kṣatriya. Therefore I am curious to know how there occurred this pratiloma marriage between a kṣatriya and a brāhmaṇa.Mahārāja Parīkṣit dijo: Śukrācārya era un brāhmaṇa muy poderoso, y Mahārāja Yayāti era un kṣatriya. Siento curiosidad por saber cómo se produjo ese matrimonio pratiloma entre un kṣatriya y una brāhmaṇa.

PURPORT — SIGNIFICADO

According to the Vedic system, marriages between kṣatriyas and kṣatriyas or between brāhmaṇas and brāhmaṇas are the general custom. If marriages sometimes take place between different classes, these marriages are of two types, namely anuloma and pratiloma. Anuloma, marriage between a brāhmaṇa and the daughter of a kṣatriya, is permissible, but pratiloma, marriage between a kṣatriya and the daughter of a brāhmaṇa, is not generally allowed. Therefore Mahārāja Parīkṣit was curious about how Śukrācārya, a powerful brāhmaṇa, could accept the principle of pratiloma. Mahārāja Parīkṣit was eager to know the cause for this uncommon marriage.En el sistema védico, la costumbre generalizada es que los kṣatriyas se casen con kṣatriyas y los brāhmaṇas con brāhmaṇas. Los matrimonios entre clases distintas pueden ser de dos tipos: anuloma y pratiloma. Anuloma, el matrimonio de un brāhmaṇa con la hija de un kṣatriya, está autorizado, pero pratiloma, el matrimonio de un kṣatriya con la hija de un brāhmaṇa, no suele permitirse. Por esa razón, Mahārāja Parīkṣit sentía curiosidad por saber cómo había podido aceptar Śukrācārya, un brāhmaṇa tan poderoso, el principio de pratiloma. Mahārāja Parīkṣit estaba deseoso de conocer la causa de un matrimonio tan poco común.
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