Commentary for Yevamot 116:4

רב פפא אמר האי תנא הוא דתניא אין מקנין לה לארוסה להשקותה כשהיא ארוסה אבל מקנין אותה להשקותה כשהיא נשואה

If so, she would be identical with the 'betrothed woman'!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Whose case had been specifically mentioned. Why should the same law be mentioned twice? ');">⁹</span> — And according to your view, has not a 'married woman' and 'one taken [by the levir]' the same status?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And both were nevertheless specified. ');">¹⁰</span> But [the explanation must be that] 'a married woman' refers to one's own wife, and 'one taken [by the levir]' refers to that of another man.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., his brother's widow whom he married. ');">¹¹</span>

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