26 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 9, Ch. 18
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tam viram Ghausanasi
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 Usana 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-
