Shloka 4
Utkramaṇa-sthāna and Ariṣṭa-lakṣaṇa: Yājñavalkya’s Instruction on Departure Pathways and Mortality Signs
रत्यर्थमभिसम्बन्धादन्योन्यगुणसंश्रयात् । ऋतोौ निर्वर्त्यते रूपं तद् वक्ष्यामि निदर्शनम्
Janaka uvāca: ratyartham abhisambandhād anyonya-guṇa-saṁśrayāt | ṛtau nirvartyate rūpaṁ tad vakṣyāmi nidarśanam ||
Джанака сказал: «Из союза, совершаемого ради чувственного наслаждения, и из взаимной зависимости и смешения качеств родителей возникает телесная форма, когда женщина пребывает в поре плодородия. Я объясню это на примере — как, согласно Ведам и шастрам, понимается проявление в теле качеств отца и матери».
जनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
Janaka teaches that the embodied form arises through parental union at the proper fertile time, and that the child’s body is understood as reflecting a blending of the parents’ qualities, a view he frames as supported by Vedic and śāstric tradition.
In a didactic exchange within Śānti Parva, King Janaka speaks as a teacher, introducing an explanatory ‘illustration’ about how conception and bodily formation are traditionally described, grounding his account in scriptural authority.