Shloka 51
अध्याय ३५१ — उञ्छवृत्ति-व्रतसिद्धेः मानुषस्य परमगतिः
Sūrya–Nāga Dialogue on the Perfected Gleaner-Ascetic
कानीनगर्भ: पितृकन्यकायां तस्मादृषेस्त्वं भविता च पुत्र:,उन्हीं ऋषिसे तुम पिताके घरमें रहनेवाली एक कुमारी कन्याके पुत्ररूपसे जन्म लोगे और कानीनगर्भ (कन्याकी संतान) कहलाओगे
kānīna-garbhaḥ pitṛ-kanyakāyāṃ tasmād ṛṣes tvaṃ bhavitā ca putraḥ
Vaiśampāyana dijo: «Nacerás como hijo de ese sabio, de una doncella que permanece en la casa de su padre; por ello serás conocido como kānīna-garbha: aquel concebido por una muchacha no casada.»
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores how dharma literature classifies a person’s social-ritual identity through recognized categories of birth and guardianship (here, a child born to an unmarried maiden living in her father’s house), emphasizing the normative frameworks by which lineage and status are discussed.
Vaiśampāyana describes a foretold birth: the addressed person will be born as the son of a sage through a maiden daughter residing in her father’s household, and will consequently bear the designation kānīna-garbha.