Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 9.18.5
Manvantara· The Manus and right dutyAsk About What You Do Not Understand
“Mahārāja Parīkṣit said: Śukrācārya was a very powerful brāhmaṇa, and Mahārāja Yayāti was a kṣatriya. Therefore I am curious to know how there occurred this pratiloma marriage between a kṣatriya and a brāhmaṇa.”
What the purport teaches
- The purport explains that marriage within the same class was the general Vedic custom.
- Marriage between a brāhmaṇa man and a kṣatriya's daughter is called anuloma and is permissible. Marriage between a kṣatriya man and a brāhmaṇa's daughter is called pratiloma and is not generally allowed.
- Mahārāja Parīkṣit wanted to understand how the powerful brāhmaṇa Śukrācārya had accepted this uncommon marriage.
Try this today
Write down one sincere question from today's study rather than guessing its answer.
Ask yourself
When something in your reading seems unusual, do you pause to seek its explanation?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points, practice and question are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport. Read the full purport to go deeper.