Shloka 8
कर्ण–कृष्णसंवादः (Karṇa–Kṛṣṇa-saṃvādaḥ) — Karṇa’s Statement on Lineage, Loyalty, and the ‘Śastra-yajña’ Metaphor
कानीनश्न सहोढश्ष कन्यायां यक्ष जायते । वोढारं पितरं तस्य प्राहुः शास्त्रविदो जना:
kānīnaś ca sahoḍhaś ca kanyāyāṃ yakṣa jāyate | voḍhāraṃ pitaraṃ tasya prāhuḥ śāstravido janāḥ karṇa |
Dijo Vāyu: «Oh Yakṣa, cuando un hijo nace de una doncella no casada, se le describe como de dos clases: kānīna y sahoḍha. Los sabios versados en los śāstras declaran que el hombre que se casa con la madre debe ser tenido por padre de ese niño, oh Karṇa».
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse distinguishes two dharma-śāstric categories of sons connected with pre-marital conception/birth (kānīna and sahoḍha) and asserts a normative rule of social/legal fatherhood: the man who marries the mother is recognized as the father.
Vāyudeva addresses the Yakṣa and also speaks to Karṇa, explaining scriptural classifications of birth and the principle by which paternity is assigned, framing questions of lineage and legitimacy within śāstric authority.