Shloka 49
कल्माषपाद-शाप-कारणम्
Cause of Kalmāṣapāda’s Niyoga under a Curse
गन्धर्व उवाच एवमासीन्महाभागा तपती नाम पौर्विकी । तव वैवस्वती पार्थ तापत्यस्त्वं यया मत:,गन्धर्व कहता है--कुन्तीनन्दन! इस प्रकार भगवान् सूर्यकी पुत्री महाभागा तपती आपके पूर्वपुरुष संवरणकी पत्नी हुई थी, जिससे मैंने आपको तपतीनन्दन माना है
Gandharva uvāca: evam āsīn mahābhāgā Tapatī nāma paurvikī | tava Vaivasvatī Pārtha Tāpatiḥ tvaṃ yayā mataḥ ||
Disse o Gandharva: “Assim foi: a ilustre dama chamada Tapatī, de linhagem antiga, tornou-se esposa de teu antepassado Saṃvaraṇa. Ela era filha de Vivasvān, o Sol. Por isso, ó filho de Pṛthā, és tido por ‘Tāpatya’, descendente de Tapatī.”
गन्धर्व उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the ethical weight of lineage in epic culture: one’s identity is tied to ancestral alliances and remembered marriages, and honorific epithets (like ‘Tāpatya’) preserve that moral and historical continuity.
A Gandharva explains why Arjuna is addressed as ‘Tāpatya’: Arjuna belongs to the line of Saṃvaraṇa, who married Tapatī, the Sun’s daughter; hence Arjuna is counted among Tapatī’s descendants.