Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 50
गोमूल्यनिर्णयः — The Determination of Value through the Cow
Nahuṣa–Cyavana Episode
योनिष्वेतासु सर्वासु संकीर्णास्वितरासु च । यत्रात्मानं न जनयेद् बुधस्तां परिवर्जयेत्
yoniṣv etāsu sarvāsu saṅkīrṇāsv itarāsu ca | yatrātmānaṃ na janayed budhas tāṃ parivarjayet ||
ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಹೇಳಲ್ಪಟ್ಟ ಎಲ್ಲ ಸಂಕರ ಹಾಗೂ ಇತರ ನೀಚ ಯೋನಿಗಳಲ್ಲಿ, ಜ್ಞಾನಿಯು ತನ್ನಂತೆಯೇ ಸಂತಾನವನ್ನು ಹುಟ್ಟಿಸಲು ಇಚ್ಛಿಸದ ಸ್ಥಳದಲ್ಲಿ ಸಂತಾನೋತ್ಪತ್ತಿ ಮಾಡಬಾರದು; ಅಂಥ ಸಂಯೋಗಗಳನ್ನು ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣವಾಗಿ ವರ್ಜಿಸಬೇಕು.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse advises restraint in procreation: a discerning person should avoid begetting children in unions or circumstances considered unfit, and should renounce such connections entirely.
In Anushasana Parva, Bhishma continues his dharma-instruction, laying down norms about conduct and social propriety; here he cautions against producing offspring in certain censured or mixed births/associations.