Adi Parva Adhyaya 120 Shloka 33 - Mahabharata | Sanskrit | Vedapath

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Shloka 33

कृपकृपी-जननम्

The Birth of Kṛpa and Kṛpī; Kṛpa’s Attainment of Astras

Devanagari script

स्वयंजात: प्रणीतश्न तत्सम: पुत्रिकासुत: । पौनर्भवश्ल कानीन: भगिन्यां यश्ष॒ जायते

Transliteration

svayaṃjātaḥ praṇītaś ca tat-samaḥ putrikā-sutaḥ | paunarbhavaś ca kānīno bhaginyāṃ yaś ca jāyate ||

Translation

वैशम्पायन उवाच— स्वयंजातः प्रणीतश्च तत्समः पुत्रिकासुतः। पौनर्भवश्च कानीनः भगिन्यां यश्च जायते॥

Word by Word

स्वयंजातःself-begotten (son)

प्रणीतःthe 'pranīta' (a class of son)

चand

तत्समःequal to that (i.e., equivalent)

पुत्रिकासुतःdaughter's son (putrikā-putra)

पौनर्भवःthe 'paunarbhava' (son of a remarried woman)

कानीनःthe 'kānīna' (son of an unmarried girl / pre-marital son)

भगिन्याम्in/from the sister (i.e., of the sister)

यःwho

जायतेis born

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse classifies several socially recognized categories of ‘sons’ and kin treated as sons, indicating how dharma-textual society extended lineage, ritual, and inheritance continuity beyond biological paternity when needed.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana is explaining to the listener a traditional enumeration of son-types—biological, appointed/arranged, daughter’s son, son of a remarried woman, maiden-born son under stipulation, and sister’s son—clarifying their recognized status within family and dharma frameworks.