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Shloka 26

च्यवन-कुशिक-संवादः

Cyavana–Kuśika Dialogue on Hospitality, Service, and Lineage Questions

तावपि स्वाविव सुतौ संस्कार्याविति निश्चय: । क्षेत्रजो वाप्यपसदो ये<वध्यूढास्तेषु चाप्युत

tāv api svāv iva sutau saṃskāryāv iti niścayaḥ | kṣetrajō vāpy apasado ye ’vadhyūḍhās teṣu cāpy uta ||

ಭೀಷ್ಮನು ಹೇಳಿದನು— ಆ ಎರಡು ವಿಧದ ಪುತ್ರರಿಗೂ ತನ್ನ ಪುತ್ರರಂತೆ ಸಂಸ್ಕಾರಗಳನ್ನು ಮಾಡಬೇಕು— ಇದು ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರದ ನಿಶ್ಚಯ. ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರಜ, ಅಪಸದ ಮತ್ತು ಅವಧ್ಯೂಢ— ಈ ಎಲ್ಲ ವಿಧದ ಪುತ್ರರಿಗೂ ತನ್ನಂತೆಯೇ ಸಂಸ್ಕಾರಗಳನ್ನು ನೀಡಬೇಕೆಂದು ಧರ್ಮಶಾಸ್ತ್ರಗಳು ನಿರ್ಧರಿಸುತ್ತವೆ. ವರ್ಣಸಂಬಂಧಿ ಸಂಸ್ಕಾರಗಳ ವಿಷಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಇದೇ ತೀರ್ಮಾನವೆಂದು ಕಾಣುತ್ತದೆ. ಇವೆಲ್ಲವನ್ನೂ ನಿನಗೆ ತಿಳಿಸಿದೆನು; ಇನ್ನೇನು ಕೇಳಲು ಬಯಸುತ್ತೀ?

तौthose two
तौ:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
अपिalso/even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
स्वौone's own (two)
स्वौ:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootस्व
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
इवas if/like
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
सुतौtwo sons
सुतौ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसुत
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
संस्कार्यौto be given the sacraments/rites
संस्कार्यौ:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसंस्कार्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
इतिthus
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
निश्चयःdecision/settled rule
निश्चयः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनिश्चय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
क्षेत्रजःa kṣetraja son (begotten on the wife by another)
क्षेत्रजः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootक्षेत्रज
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वाor
वा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
अपिalso/even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
अपसदःan outcaste/degenerate (son)
अपसदः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअपसद
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
येwho/which (those)
ये:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
अवध्यूढाःadopted/accepted (sons) (avadhyūḍha)
अवध्यूढाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअवध्यूढ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
तेषुamong/in those
तेषु:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Locative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अपिalso
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
उतand also/further
उत:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma

Educational Q&A

That dharmaśāstra recognizes certain categories of sons (including kṣetraja, apasada, and avadhyūḍha) and, despite their differing origins or social classification, enjoins that they receive the appropriate saṃskāras—rites that confer social-religious standing and duties—treating them, for ritual purposes, like one’s own.

In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma is instructing Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma. Here he concludes a discussion on classifications of offspring and their eligibility for rites, stating the śāstric determination and asking what further topic the listener wishes to hear.