Shloka 25
च्यवन-कुशिक-संवादः
Cyavana–Kuśika Dialogue on Hospitality, Service, and Lineage Questions
संस्कर्तु वर्णगोत्रं च मातृवर्णविनि श्चये । कानीनाध्यूढजौ वापि विज्ञेयौ पुत्र किल्बिषौ
saṁskartu varṇagotraṁ ca mātṛvarṇaviniścaye | kānīnādhyūḍhajau vāpi vijñeyau putra kilbiṣau ||
ビーシュマは言った。「わが子よ。母のヴァルナ（varṇa）とゴートラ（gotra）が明確に定まるなら、その子のサンスカーラ（saṃskāra）を行うにあたり、母のヴァルナとゴートラを採るべきである。さらに、kānīna と adhyūḍhaja と呼ばれる二種の子は、身分に瑕を帯びた『過失ある子』として知られるべきだ。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
If the mother’s varṇa and gotra are known with certainty, the child’s ritual identity for saṁskāras should follow the mother; and certain offspring categories (kānīna, adhyūḍhaja) are treated as carrying a juridical/ritual blemish in traditional dharma classifications.
In the Anuśāsana Parva’s dharma instruction, Bhīṣma is laying down rules about lineage and eligibility for rites, clarifying how to assign varṇa/gotra for a child and how specific types of birth are evaluated within the normative legal-ethical framework.