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Shloka 61

Cyavana’s Water-Vow and the Ethics of Cohabitation (स्नेह-सम्वास-धर्मः)

एवं जातिषु सर्वासु सवर्ण: श्रेष्ठतां गत: । महर्षिरपि चैतद्‌ वै मारीच: काश्यपोडब्रवीत्‌

evaṁ jātiṣu sarvāsu savarṇaḥ śreṣṭhatāṁ gataḥ | maharṣir api caitad vai mārīcaḥ kāśyapo 'bravīt ||

ดังนี้ ในหมู่ชนทุกจำพวก บุตรที่เกิดจากสตรีผู้มีวรรณะเดียวกันย่อมเป็นผู้ประเสริฐที่สุด แม้มหาฤๅษีกาศยปะ โอรสแห่งมรีจิ ก็ได้ประกาศหลักนี้ไว้เช่นกัน

एवम्thus, in this manner
एवम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
जातिषुin (all) castes/classes
जातिषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootजाति
FormFeminine, Locative, Plural
सर्वासुin all
सर्वासु:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
FormFeminine, Locative, Plural
सवर्णःof the same varṇa; same-class
सवर्णः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसवर्ण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
श्रेष्ठताम्excellence, superiority
श्रेष्ठताम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootश्रेष्ठता
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
गतःgone to; attained
गतः:
TypeVerb
Rootगम्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)
महर्षिःthe great sage
महर्षिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमहर्षि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अपिalso, even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एतत्this (statement/thing)
एतत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
वैindeed, surely
वै:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै
मारीचःMarīca
मारीचः:
Karta
TypeNoun (Proper)
Rootमारीच
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
काश्यपःKaśyapa
काश्यपः:
Karta
TypeNoun (Proper)
Rootकाश्यप
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अब्रवीत्said, spoke
अब्रवीत्:
TypeVerb
Rootब्रू
FormImperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma
M
Marici
K
Kashyapa

Educational Q&A

The verse asserts a normative social-ethical claim: across communities, a child born from a spouse of the same varṇa is considered ‘best’ or most socially approved, and this view is supported by the authority of the sage Kāśyapa.

In Bhishma’s instruction (Anuśāsana Parva), he cites an earlier sage-tradition: he states a rule about socially approved marriage/lineage and reinforces it by attributing the same statement to the revered rishi Kāśyapa, son of Marīci.