Previous Verse
Next Verse

Shloka 18

च्यवन-कुशिक-संवादः

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

क्वचिच्च कृतक: पुत्र: संग्रहादेव लक्ष्यते । न तत्र रेत: क्षेत्र वा यत्र लक्ष्येत भारत

kvacic ca kṛtakaḥ putraḥ saṃgrahād eva lakṣyate | na tatra retaḥ kṣetra vā yatra lakṣyeta bhārata ||

Bhīṣma disse: “Em alguns casos, um filho é reconhecido como ‘kṛtaka’—isto é, feito e estabelecido como filho—apenas pelo ato de acolhê-lo e recebê-lo formalmente sob seus cuidados. Nesse caso, ó Bhārata, não se aponta para a semente nem para o ‘campo’ (o ventre) como fundamento; onde a aceitação é evidente, nem a semente nem o campo são o que se considera.”

क्वचित्somewhere/sometimes
क्वचित्:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootक्वचित्
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
कृतकःartificial/adopted (made)
कृतकः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootकृतक
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पुत्रःson
पुत्रः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
संग्रहात्from adoption/acceptance; from taking (into the family)
संग्रहात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootसंग्रह
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular
एवindeed/only
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
लक्ष्यतेis recognized/seen/identified
लक्ष्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootलक्ष्
FormLat (Present), Atmanepada, Third, Singular, Passive (karmani-prayoga sense)
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
तत्रthere/in that case
तत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र
रेतःsemen/seed
रेतः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootरेतस्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
क्षेत्रम्field; womb (as field)
क्षेत्रम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootक्षेत्र
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
वाor
वा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
यत्रwhere
यत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयत्र
लक्ष्येतwould be seen/recognized
लक्ष्येत:
TypeVerb
Rootलक्ष्
FormVidhi-lin (Optative), Atmanepada, Third, Singular, Passive (karmani-prayoga sense)
भारतO Bharata
भारत:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootभारत
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
B
Bhārata (Yudhiṣṭhira)

Educational Q&A

Bhīṣma teaches that in certain dharma-legal situations, social and ritual recognition of sonship can rest on formal acceptance (saṃgraha) rather than biological paternity or maternity; the ethical emphasis is on acknowledged responsibility and established status within the family order.

In the Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction on dharma, Bhīṣma explains categories of sons and principles of lineage and inheritance to Yudhiṣṭhira. Here he notes that a ‘kṛtaka’ (constituted/adopted) son is identified by being taken and accepted, without requiring proof of ‘seed’ or ‘field’.