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 ||
ພີສະມະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ສຳລັບລູກທັງສອງປະເພດນັ້ນດ້ວຍ ຂໍ້ສະຫຼຸບອັນເປັນຫຼັກຖານຄື ຄວນໃຫ້ພິທີສຳສະກາຣ (saṃskāra) ເຫມືອນລູກຂອງຕົນ. ບໍ່ວ່າຈະເປັນ kṣetraja (ລູກເກີດໃນ “ນາ” ຂອງຄອບຄົວ), ຫຼື apasada (ສະຖານະປົນປົວ/ຜິດລະບຽບ), ຫຼື avadhyūḍha (ຜູ້ຖືກຮັບເຂົ້າມາຕາມຂໍ້ຈັດການການແຕ່ງງານພິເສດ) ກໍຕາມ—ຄຳສອນໃນ śāstra ບັນຍັດໃຫ້ໄດ້ຮັບສຳສະກາຣທີ່ຖືກຕ້ອງ. ໃນເລື່ອງພິທີທີ່ຜູກພັນກັບວັນນະ ດັ່ງນີ້ແຫຼະທີ່ທຳມະຄຳພີກຳນົດ. ຂ້ອຍໄດ້ບອກເຈົ້າທັງໝົດແລ້ວ; ເຈົ້າຍັງປາດຖະໜາຟັງຫຍັງອີກ?»
भीष्म उवाच
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.