Shloka 49
कल्माषपाद-शाप-कारणम्
Cause of Kalmāṣapāda’s Niyoga under a Curse
गन्धर्व उवाच एवमासीन्महाभागा तपती नाम पौर्विकी । तव वैवस्वती पार्थ तापत्यस्त्वं यया मत:
Gandharva uvāca: evam āsīn mahābhāgā Tapatī nāma paurvikī | tava Vaivasvatī Pārtha Tāpatiḥ tvaṃ yayā mataḥ ||
Gandharva berkata: “Demikianlah adanya: wanita mulia bernama Tapatī, dari garis keturunan purba, menjadi istri leluhurmu Saṃvaraṇa. Ia putri Vivasvān, Sang Surya. Karena itu, wahai putra Pṛthā, engkau dipandang sebagai ‘Tāpatya’, keturunan Tapatī.”
गन्धर्व उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the ethical weight of lineage in epic culture: one’s identity is tied to ancestral alliances and remembered marriages, and honorific epithets (like ‘Tāpatya’) preserve that moral and historical continuity.
A Gandharva explains why Arjuna is addressed as ‘Tāpatya’: Arjuna belongs to the line of Saṃvaraṇa, who married Tapatī, the Sun’s daughter; hence Arjuna is counted among Tapatī’s descendants.