Shloka 50
कल्माषपाद-शाप-कारणम्
Cause of Kalmāṣapāda’s Niyoga under a Curse
तस्यां संजनयामास कुरुं संवरणो नृपः । तपत्यां तपतां श्रेष्ठ तापत्यस्त्वं ततोडर्जुन
tasyāṁ sañjanayāmāsa kuruṁ saṁvaraṇo nṛpaḥ | tapatyāṁ tapatāṁ śreṣṭha tāpatyās tvaṁ tato ’rjuna ||
Raja Saṃvaraṇa memperanakkan Kuru dari rahim Tapatī. Karena itu, wahai Arjuna, yang utama di antara para pertapa, sebab engkau lahir dalam garis keturunan itu, engkau disebut ‘Tāpatya’—keturunan Tapatī.
गन्धर्व उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse grounds social and royal identity in lineage: Arjuna and the Kurus are called Tāpatyas because their dynastic ancestor Kuru was born from King Saṁvaraṇa and Tapatī. It emphasizes legitimacy and inherited identity through recognized genealogical descent.
A Gandharva explains to Arjuna the origin of the Kuru line: Saṁvaraṇa fathered Kuru on Tapatī, and thus those born in that line—including Arjuna—are designated Tāpatya, ‘descendants of Tapatī.’