1502 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 4, Ch. 30

the daughter; vardroham—highly qualified and exquisitely beautiful; tam—
her; udvahata— marry ; ma—without; ciram—wasting time.

TRANSLATION

Since all of you are very much obedient to My orders, I ask you to
immediately marry that girl, who is so well qualified with beauty and
good qualities. According to the order of your father, create progeny
through her.

PURPORT

The Pracetas not only were great devotees of the Supreme Personality
of Godhead but were very obedient to the orders of their father. Therefore
the Lord asked them to marry the daughter of Pramloca.

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aprthag-dharma-silanam
sarvesam vah sumadhyama

aprthag-dharma-sileyam
bhiiyat patny arpitasaya

aprthak—without differences; dharma—occupation; silanadm—whose
character; sarvesam—all; vah—of you; su-madhyama—a girl whose waist is
slender; aprthak—without differences; dharma—occupation; sila—well-
behaved; iyam—this; bhiyat—may she become; patni—wife; arpita-asaya—
fully surrendered.
TRANSLATION

You brothers are all of the same nature, being devotees and obedient
sons of your father. Similarly, that girl is also of the same type and is dedi-
cated to all of you. Thus both the girl and you, the sons of Pracinabarhisat,
are on the same platform, being united on a common principle.

PURPORT

According to Vedic principles, a woman cannot have many husbands,
although a husband can have many wives. In special instances, however,
it is found that a woman has more than one husband. Draupadi, for
