Shloka 34
कृपकृपी-जननम्
The Birth of Kṛpa and Kṛpī; Kṛpa’s Attainment of Astras
दत्त: क्रीतः कृत्रिमश्न॒ उपगच्छेत् स्वयं च यः । सहोढो ज्ञातिरेताश्व हीनयोनिधृतश्च यः
dattaḥ krītaḥ kṛtrimāś ca upagacchet svayaṃ ca yaḥ | sahūḍho jñātiretāś ca hīnayoni-dhṛtaś ca yaḥ ||
वैशम्पायन उवाच— दत्तः क्रीतः कृत्रिमश्च उपगच्छेत् स्वयं च यः। सहोढो ज्ञातिरेताश्च हीनयोनिधृतश्च यः॥
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse classifies certain socially recognized forms of sonship that do not arise from direct blood descent, indicating how dharma-text traditions distinguished between biological lineage and legally/socially constituted heirs for purposes such as inheritance and family continuity.
Vaiśampāyana is enumerating categories of ‘sons’ acknowledged in traditional legal-ethical discourse, explaining which kinds are considered non-agnatic heirs (abandhu-dāyāda) and defining each type by the manner of acquisition or birth circumstances.