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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 9, Ch. 18
TEXTS 20-21
तं वीरमाहौशनसी प्रेमनिर्भरया गिरा । 
  राजंस्त्वया गृहीतो मे पाणिः परपुरञ्जय ॥२०॥ 
  हस्तग्राहोऽपरो मा भूद् गृहीतायास्त्वया हि मे । 
  एष ईशकृतो वीर सम्बन्धो नौ न पौरुषः ॥२१॥
taṁ vīram āhauśanasī 
  prema-nirbharayā girā 
  rājaṁs tvayā gṛhīto me 
  pāṇiḥ para-purañjaya
hasta-grāho 'paro mā bhūd 
  gṛhītāyās tvayā hi me 
  eṣa īśa-kṛto vīra 
  sambandho nau na pauruṣaḥ
tam—unto him; vīram—Yayāti; āha—said; auśanasī—the daughter of Uśanā Kavi, Śukrācārya; prema-nirbharayā—saturated with love and kindness; girā—by such words; rājan—O King; tvayā—by you; gṛhītaḥ—accepted; me—my; pāṇiḥ—hand; para-purañjaya—the conqueror of the kingdoms of others; hasta-grāhaḥ—he who accepted my hand; aparaḥ—another; mā—may not; bhūt—become; gṛhītāyāḥ—accepted; tvayā—by you; hi—indeed; me—of me; eṣaḥ—this; īśa-kṛtaḥ—arranged by providence; vīra—O great hero; sambandhaḥ—relationship; nau—our; na—not; pauruṣaḥ—anything man-made.
TRANSLATION
With words saturated with love and affection, Devayānī said to King Yayāti: 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 Devayānī out of the well, King Yayāti must certainly have appreciated her youthful beauty, and therefore he might have asked her which caste she belonged to. Thus Devayānī would have im-