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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 ||

ஜனகர் கூறினார்—காம இன்பத்திற்காக ஆண்-பெண் இணையும் போது, இருவரின் குணங்கள் பரஸ்பரம் சார்ந்து கலப்பதால், பெண் உரிய பருவத்தில் (஋துகாலத்தில்) உடல்-ரூபம் உருவாகிறது. வேதமும் சாஸ்திரமும் கூறுவது போல, உடலில் தந்தை-தாயின் குணங்கள் எவ்வாறு வெளிப்படுகின்றன என்பதை நான் ஒரு எடுத்துக்காட்டால் விளக்குவேன்.

रतिfor sexual union/pleasure
रति:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootरति
FormFeminine, Dative, Singular
अर्थम्purpose
अर्थम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअर्थ
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
अभिसम्बन्धात्from (their) conjunction/connection
अभिसम्बन्धात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootअभिसम्बन्ध
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular
अन्योन्यmutual/of each other
अन्योन्य:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्योन्य
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
गुणqualities
गुण:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootगुण
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
संश्रयात्from dependence/association (resting upon)
संश्रयात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootसंश्रय
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular
ऋतौin the season/at the proper time (of fertility)
ऋतौ:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootऋतु
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
निर्वर्त्यतेis produced/comes into being
निर्वर्त्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootवृत् (वर्तते)
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Atmanepada, Passive/Impersonal (भावे/कर्मणि प्रयोग)
रूपम्form/body
रूपम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootरूप
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
तत्that (matter)
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
वक्ष्यामिI shall explain/say
वक्ष्यामि:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormSimple Future (लृट्), First, Singular, Parasmaipada
निदर्शनम्illustration/example
निदर्शनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनिदर्शन
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular

जनक उवाच

J
Janaka
F
father (pitā)
M
mother (mātā)
V
Veda
Ś
Śāstra

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.