Shloka 11
Adhyāya 59: On Giving to the Asker and Supporting the Non-asking (याचक-अयाचक-दाने धर्मः)
गाधे्दुहितरं प्राप्य पौत्रीं तव महातपा: । ब्राह्माणं क्षत्रधर्माणं पुत्रमुत्पादयिष्यति,तुम्हारी पौत्री एवं गाधिकी पुत्रीकों पाकर महातपस्वी ऋचीक क्षत्रियधर्मवाले ब्राह्मणजातीय पुत्रको उत्पन्न करेंगे (अपनी पत्नीकी प्रार्थनासे ऋचीक क्षत्रियत्वको अपने पुत्रसे हटाकर भावी पौत्रमें स्थापित कर देंगे)
Gādher duhitaraṁ prāpya pautrīṁ tava mahātapāḥ | brāhmaṇaṁ kṣatradharmāṇaṁ putram utpādayiṣyati ||
Having obtained Gādhi’s daughter—who is also your granddaughter—the great ascetic Ṛcīka will beget a son who is a Brahmin by birth yet possesses the conduct and spirit of a Kṣatriya. The passage points to the ethical tension between birth (jāti/varṇa) and disposition (dharma/saṁskāra), foreshadowing how a requested transfer of ‘kṣatriya-nature’ will affect the lineage across generations.
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