Mahābhārata · 1.187.25
॥
Devanāgarī
सर्वेषां धर्मतः कृष्णा महिषी नो भविष्यति ॥
आनुपूर्व्येण सर्वेषां गृह्णातु ज्वलने करम् ॥
Transliteración (IAST)
sarveṣāṃ dharmataḥ kṛṣṇā mahiṣī no bhaviṣyati ||
ānupūrvyeṇa sarveṣāṃ gṛhṇātu jvalane karam ||
Palabra por palabra
SánscritoIASTSignificado
सर्वेषां धर्मतः कृष्णा महिषी नः भविष्यतिsarveṣāṃ dharmataḥ kṛṣṇā mahiṣī naḥ bhaviṣyatiBy dharma Krishna shall become the wife of all of us;
आनुपूर्व्येण सर्वेषां गृह्णातु ज्वलने करम्ānupūrvyeṇa sarveṣāṃ gṛhṇātu jvalane karamlet her, in order, give her hand to each of us before the fire.’
नोnooriginal form "no", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Traducción
‘By dharma Krishna shall become the wife of all of us; let her, in order, give her hand to each of us before the fire.’
Versión
33f9e7b036f1 · publicado 12 jul 2026, 17:44:41 UTC
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Here the arrangement is sealed by a rite before the sacred fire. It is significant that Yudhishthira calls this ‘dharma’ and wishes to sanctify it with fire: even the exceptional is carried out not arbitrarily but by rite and in purity. Here it is shown that Agni is the witness and sanctifier of marriage, and that a special dispensation needs a sacred seal. Thus the text reveals the reverent order even of an unprecedented union; and the marriage awaits the higher confirmation that Vyasa will bring.