Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 13.56
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13.56.1
श्रुतं बहुविधं वृत्तं कन्यकानां महामते ।
इच्छामि योषितां श्रोतुं धर्माधर्मौ परिग्रहे ॥ १३.५६.१ ॥
O great-minded one, I have heard of the many kinds of conduct of maidens. I wish to hear of dharma and adharma in women's taking of husbands.
13.56.2
अष्टौ भार्यागमा धर्म्या नराणां दारकर्मणि ।
प्रेत्येह च हिता यास्तु सपुत्रा हव्यकव्यदाः ॥ १३.५६.२ ॥
For men, in the matter of marrying a wife, there are eight lawful ways of taking a wife. Those who, together with sons, are beneficial here and hereafter, and who give the oblations to gods and ancestors.
13.56.3
साध्वी पाणिगृहीता या कौमारी पाणिवर्जिता ।
भ्रातृभार्या स्वभार्येति प्रसूयेत्पुत्रमौरसम् ॥ १३.५६.३ ॥
A virtuous woman, who is taken by the hand in marriage, or a maiden not yet taken by the hand, a brother's wife, or one regarded as 'one's own wife', may give birth to a legitimate son.
13.56.4
त्रयो भार्यागमा ज्ञेया यत्र धर्मो न नश्यति ।
पञ्चान्याः पश्चिमा ब्रूहि भार्यास्तासां च ये सुताः ॥ १३.५६.४ ॥
Three ways of taking a wife should be known, in which dharma is not destroyed. Tell of the remaining five, the last ones, and of their wives and the sons born to them.
13.56.5
सगोत्रभार्या क्रीता च परभार्या च कारिता ।
गतागता च या भार्या आश्रमादाहृता च या ॥ १३.५६.५ ॥
A wife of one's own gotra, one bought, another's wife, one brought about by persuasion, one who went away and came back, and one brought from a hermitage — these are wives.
13.56.6
एता भार्यागमाः पञ्च पुनर्भार्या भवन्ति याः ।
एता भार्या नृणां गम्यास्तत्पुत्रा हव्यकव्यदाः ॥ १३.५६.६ ॥
These are the five ways of taking a wife; these are the women who become remarried wives. These wives are lawful for men, and their sons are givers of oblations to gods and ancestors.