Text 22]
King Yayāti Regains His Youth
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mediately 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 Yayāti accepted Devayānī's hand, they could be regarded as married. Because Devayānī was enamored with the hero Yayāti, she requested him not to change his mind and let another come to marry her.
TEXT 22
यदिदं कूपमग्नाया भवतो दर्शनं मम । 
  न ब्राह्मणो मे भविता हस्तग्राहो महाभुज । 
  कचस्य बार्हस्पत्यस्य शापाद् यमशपं पुरा ॥२२॥
yad idam kūpa-magnāyā 
  bhavato darśanam mama 
  na brāhmaṇa me bhavitā 
  hasta-grāho mahā-bhuja 
  kacasya bārhaspatyasya 
  śāpād yam aśapam purā
yat—because of; idam—this; kūpa-magnāyāḥ—fallen in the well; bhavataḥ—of your good self; darśanam—meeting; mama—with me; na—not; brāhmaṇaḥ—a qualified brāhmaṇa; me—my; bhavitā—will become; hasta-grāhaḥ—husband; mahā-bhuja—O great mighty-armed one; kacasya—of Kaca; bārhaspatyasya—the son of the learned brāhmaṇa and celestial priest Bṛhaspati; śāpāt—because of the curse; yam—whom; aśapam—I cursed; purā—in the past.
TRANSLATION
Because of falling in the well, I met you. Indeed, this has been arranged by providence. After I cursed Kaca, the son of the learned scholar Bṛhaspati, he cursed me by saying that I would not have a brāhmaṇa for a husband. Therefore, O mighty-armed one, there is no possibility of my becoming the wife of a brāhmaṇa.
PURPORT
Kaca, the son of the learned celestial priest Bṛhaspati, had been a student of Śukrācārya, from whom he had learned the art of reviving a man