Shloka 33
कृपकृपी-जननम्
The Birth of Kṛpa and Kṛpī; Kṛpa’s Attainment of Astras
स्वयंजात: प्रणीतश्न तत्सम: पुत्रिकासुत: । पौनर्भवश्ल कानीन: भगिन्यां यश्ष॒ जायते
svayaṃjātaḥ praṇītaś ca tat-samaḥ putrikā-sutaḥ | paunarbhavaś ca kānīno bhaginyāṃ yaś ca jāyate ||
Vaiśampāyana said: “The son begotten by a man himself upon his lawfully wedded wife is called ‘Svayaṃjāta’. The one called ‘Praṇīta’ is a son produced in one’s wife through the agency or favor of a worthy man (i.e., by appointment). A daughter’s son (putrikā-suta) is also regarded as equivalent (to one’s own son). The son born of a remarried woman is termed ‘Paunarbhava’. The son known as ‘Kānīna’ is one born to a maiden (under an arrangement that the child will be counted as the giver’s son). And the son born of one’s sister (i.e., a nephew) is also counted among these.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse classifies several socially recognized categories of ‘sons’ and kin treated as sons, indicating how dharma-textual society extended lineage, ritual, and inheritance continuity beyond biological paternity when needed.
Vaiśampāyana is explaining to the listener a traditional enumeration of son-types—biological, appointed/arranged, daughter’s son, son of a remarried woman, maiden-born son under stipulation, and sister’s son—clarifying their recognized status within family and dharma frameworks.