Shloka 5
Utkramaṇa-sthāna and Ariṣṭa-lakṣaṇa: Yājñavalkya’s Instruction on Departure Pathways and Mortality Signs
ये गुणा: पुरुषस्येह ये च मातृगुणास्तथा । अस्थि स्नायुश्न मज्जा च जानीम: पितृतो गुणा:
janaka uvāca | ye guṇāḥ puruṣasyeha ye ca mātṛguṇās tathā | asthi snāyuś ca majjā ca jānīmaḥ pitṛto guṇāḥ ||
ພະຣາຊາຊະນະກະກ່າວວ່າ: «ຄຸນລັກສະນະໃດເປັນຂອງພໍ່ ແລະຄຸນລັກສະນະໃດເປັນຂອງແມ່—ກະດູກ, ເສັ້ນເອັນ, ແລະໄຂກະດູກ—ເຫຼົ່ານີ້ເຮົາເຂົ້າໃຈວ່າເປັນສ່ວນທີ່ໄດ້ມາຈາກພໍ່».
जनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
Janaka explains a traditional account of how parental contributions are understood in the formation of the body, distinguishing certain bodily constituents as arising from the father and (in the surrounding discussion) others from the mother.
In a didactic exchange in Śānti Parva, King Janaka speaks as a teacher, presenting a schematic division of bodily elements to illustrate inherited qualities and the mixed origin of embodiment.