26 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 9, Ch. 18

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tam viram aGhausanasi
prema-nirbharaya gird

rajams tvaya grhito me
panih para-puraiijaya

hasta-graho *paro ma bhiid
grhitayds tvaya hi me

esa isa-krto vira
sambandho nau na paurusah

tam—unto him; viram—Yayati; @ha—said; ausanasi—the daughter
of Ugana Kavi, Sukracarya; prema-nirbharayé—saturated with love and
kindness; gira—by such words; rdjan—O King; tvaya—by you;
grhitah—accepted; me—my; pdanih—hand; para-purafijaya—the con-
queror of the kingdoms of others; hasta-grahah—he who accepted my
hand; aparah—another; mé—may not; bhiit—become; grhitayah—ac-
cepted; tvaya—by you; hi—indeed; me—of me; esah—this; isa-
krtah—arranged by providence; vira—O great hero; sambandhah—
relationship; nau—our; na—not; paurusah—anything man-made.

TRANSLATION

With words saturated with love and affection, Devayani said to
King Yayati: O great hero, O King, conqueror of the cities of your
enemies, by accepting my hand you have accepted me as your mar-
ried 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 Devayani out of the well, King Yayati must certainly

have appreciated her youthful beauty, and therefore he might have
asked her which caste she belonged to. Thus Devayani would have im-
