Devanagari
स पञ्चालपति: पुत्रान् पितृवंशविवर्धनान् ।
दारै: संयोजयामास दुहितृ: सदृशैर्वरै: ॥ ८ ॥
Verse text
sa paṣcāla-patiḥ putrān
pitṛ-vaṁśa-vivardhanān
dāraiḥ saṁyojayām āsa
duhitṝḥ sadṛśair varaiḥ
Synonyms
saḥ
—
he
;
paṣcāla
—
patiḥ — the King of Paṣcāla
;
putrān
—
sons
;
pitṛ
—
vaṁśa — paternal family
;
vivardhanān
—
increasing
;
dāraiḥ
—
with wives
;
saṁyojayām āsa
—
married
;
duhitṝḥ
—
daughters
;
sadṛśaiḥ
—
qualified
;
varaiḥ
—
with husbands .
Translation
After this, King Puraṣjana, King of the Paṣcāla country, in order to increase the descendants of his paternal family, married his sons with qualified wives and married his daughters with qualified husbands.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
King Puraṣjana, lord of Paṣcāla, in order to increase the descendants of his paternal family, got his sons married with wives and got his daughters married with husbands.
The wives were consideration, determination etc. The grooms were humility, affection etc.
Purport
According to the Vedic system, everyone should marry. One has to accept a wife because a wife will produce children, and the children in their turn will offer foodstuffs and funeral ceremonies so that the forefathers, wherever they may live, will be made happy. The offering of oblations in the name of Lord Viṣṇu is called
piṇḍodaka,
and it is necessary that the descendants of a family offer
piṇḍa
to the forefathers.
Not only was Puraṣjana, the King of Paṣcāla, satisfied in his own sex life, but he arranged for the sex life of his 1,100 sons and 110 daughters. In this way one can elevate an aristocratic family to the platform of a dynasty. It is significant in this verse that Puraṣjana got both sons and daughters married. It is the duty of a father and mother to arrange for the marriage of their sons and daughters. That is the obligation in Vedic society. Sons and daughters should not be allowed freedom to intermingle with the opposite sex unless they are married. This Vedic social organization is very good in that it stops the promulgation of illicit sex life, or
varṇa-saṅkara,
which appears under different names in this present day. Unfortunately, in this age, although the father and mother are anxious to get their children married, the children refuse to get married by the arrangement of the parents. Consequently, the number of
varṇa-saṅkara
has increased throughout the world under different names.