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 |
Vāyu dit : « Ô Yakṣa, lorsqu’un fils naît d’une jeune fille non mariée, on le décrit comme étant de deux sortes — kānīna et sahoḍha. Les savants versés dans les śāstra déclarent que l’homme qui épouse la mère doit être tenu pour le père de cet enfant, ô 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.