Shloka 50
गोमूल्यनिर्णयः — The Determination of Value through the Cow
Nahuṣa–Cyavana Episode
योनिष्वेतासु सर्वासु संकीर्णास्वितरासु च । यत्रात्मानं न जनयेद् बुधस्तां परिवर्जयेत्
yoniṣv etāsu sarvāsu saṅkīrṇāsv itarāsu ca | yatrātmānaṃ na janayed budhas tāṃ parivarjayet ||
Бхишма сказал: «Среди всех этих рождений, о которых было сказано, и среди иных смешанных или считающихся низкими рождений, мудрец не должен зачать потомство там, где он не пожелал бы “воспроизвести” самого себя. Подобных союзов следует избегать полностью.»
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse advises restraint in procreation: a discerning person should avoid begetting children in unions or circumstances considered unfit, and should renounce such connections entirely.
In Anushasana Parva, Bhishma continues his dharma-instruction, laying down norms about conduct and social propriety; here he cautions against producing offspring in certain censured or mixed births/associations.