Text 5] King Yayati Regains His Youth 17

TRANSLATION

King Yayati had four younger brothers, whom he allowed to
rule the four directions. Yayati himself married Devayani, the
daughter of Sukracarya, and Sarmistha, the daughter of
Vrsaparva, and ruled the entire earth.

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Sri-rdjovaca
brahmarsir bhagavan kavyah
ksatra-bandhus ca nadhusah
rajanya-viprayoh kasmad
vivahah pratilomakah

Sri-rdj@ uvdca —Maharaja Pariksit inquired; brahma-rsih—the best of
the bradhmanas; bhagavan—very powerful; kavyah—Sukracarya;
ksatra-bandhuh—belonged to the ksatriya class; ca—also; nadhusah—
King Yayati; rdjanya-viprayoh—of a brdhmana and a ksatriya;
kasmaét—how; vivahah—a marital relationship; pratilomakah—against
the customary regulative principles.

TRANSLATION

Maharaja Pariksit said: Sukracarya was a very powerful
brahmana, and Maharaja Yayati was a ksatriya. Therefore I am
curious to know how there occurred this pratiloma marriage be-
tween a ksatriya and a brahmana.

PURPORT

According to the Vedic system, marriages between ksatriyas and
ksatriyas or between brahmanas and brahmanas are the general custom.
If marriages sometimes take place between different classes, these
