श्रीराजोवाच ब्रह्मर्षिर्भगवान् काव्य: क्षत्रबन्धुश्च नाहुष: । राजन्यविप्रयो: कस्माद् विवाह: प्रतिलोमक: ॥ ५ ॥
sri-rajovaca brahmarsir bhagavan kavyah ksatra-bandhus ca nahusah rajanya-viprayoh kasmad vivahah pratilomakah
- sri-raja uvaca
- Maharaja Pariksit inquired
- brahma-rsih
- the best of the brahmanas
- bhagavan
- very powerful
- kavyah
- Sukracarya
- ksatra-bandhuh
- belonged to the ksatriya class
- ca
- also
- nahusah
- King Yayati
- rajanya-viprayoh
- of a brahmana and a ksatriya
- kasmat
- how
- vivahah
- a marital relationship
- pratilomakah
- against the customary regulative principles.
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 between a ksatriya and a brahmana.