Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 9.18.20-21

tam viram ahausanasi

prema-nirbharaya gira

rajams tvaya grihito me

panih para-puranjaya

hasta-graho 'paro ma bhud

grihitayas tvaya hi me

esha isa-krito vira

sambandho nau na paurushah

SYNONYMS

tam -- unto him; viram -- Yayati; aha -- said; ausanasi -- the daughter of Usana Kavi, Sukracarya; prema-nirbharaya -- saturated with love and kindness; gira -- by such words; rajan -- O King; tvaya -- by you; grihitah -- accepted; me -- my; panih -- hand; para-puranjaya -- the conqueror of the kingdoms of others; hasta-grahah -- he who accepted my hand; aparah -- another; ma -- may not; bhut -- become; grihitayah -- accepted; tvaya -- by you; hi -- indeed; me -- of me; eshah -- this; isa-kritah -- arranged by providence; vira -- O great hero; sambandhah -- relationship; nau -- our; na -- not; paurushah -- anything man-made.

TRANSLATION

With words saturated with love and affection, Devayani said to King Yayati: O great hero, O King, conqueror of the cities of your enemies, by accepting my hand you have accepted me as your married wife. Let me not be touched by others, for our relationship as husband and wife has been made possible by providence, not by any human being.

PURPORT

While taking Devayani out of the well, King Yayati must certainly have appreciated her youthful beauty, and therefore he might have asked her which caste she belonged to. Thus Devayani would have immediately replied, "We are already married because you have accepted my hand." Uniting the hands of the bride and bridegroom is a system perpetually existing in all societies. Therefore, as soon as Yayati accepted Devayani's hand, they could be regarded as married. Because Devayani was enamored with the hero Yayati, she requested him not to change his mind and let another come to marry her.

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