Shloka 25

च्यवन-कुशिक-संवादः

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

Devanagari script

संस्कर्तु वर्णगोत्रं च मातृवर्णविनि श्चये । कानीनाध्यूढजौ वापि विज्ञेयौ पुत्र किल्बिषौ

Transliteration

saṁskartu varṇagotraṁ ca mātṛvarṇaviniścaye | kānīnādhyūḍhajau vāpi vijñeyau putra kilbiṣau ||

Translation

ພີສະມະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ລູກເອີຍ, ຖ້າຮູ້ແນ່ຊັດເຖິງວັນນະ (varṇa) ແລະ ໂກດຣະ (gotra) ຂອງແມ່, ໃນການເຮັດພິທີສຳສະກາຣ (saṃskāra) ຄວນຍຶດເອົາວັນນະແລະໂກດຣະຂອງແມ່ນັ້ນເອງ. ອີກທັງ ລູກທີ່ເອີ້ນວ່າ kānīna ແລະ adhyūḍhaja ທັງສອງ ຄວນຮູ້ຈັກວ່າເປັນລູກທີ່ມີມົນທິນ (ຖືກຕິຕິງສະຖານະ)»។

Word by Word

• संस्कर्तुं: to perform (the rite), to consecrate
• संस्कर्तुं: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: संस्कृ (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन् (infinitive), कर्तरि

• वर्ण: caste/class
• वर्ण: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• गोत्रं: clan/lineage
• गोत्रं: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोत्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• मातृवर्णविनिश्चये: in the determination of the mother's varna
• मातृवर्णविनिश्चये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ-वर्ण-विनिश्चय
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• कानीन: a 'kānīna' son (born to an unmarried girl)
• कानीन: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कानीन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• अध्यूढजौ: an 'adhyūḍhaja' son (born of a woman married while pregnant)
• अध्यूढजौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्यूढज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• वा: or
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• विज्ञेयौ: are to be known/considered
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: भविष्यत्कालिक-कर्तव्यता/विधेयार्थे (gerundive, -य), Masculine, Nominative, Dual, कर्मणि (to be known)

• पुत्र: sons
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• किल्बिषौ: tainted/blameworthy (of sinful origin)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: किल्बिष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

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.

What is happening in the narrative?

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.