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Shloka 25

च्यवन-कुशिक-संवादः

Cyavana–Kuśika Dialogue on Hospitality, Service, and Lineage Questions

संस्कर्तु वर्णगोत्रं च मातृवर्णविनि श्चये । कानीनाध्यूढजौ वापि विज्ञेयौ पुत्र किल्बिषौ

saṁskartu varṇagotraṁ ca mātṛvarṇaviniścaye | kānīnādhyūḍhajau vāpi vijñeyau putra kilbiṣau ||

ภีษมะกล่าวว่า “ลูกเอ๋ย หากวรรณะและโคตรของมารดาถูกกำหนดแน่ชัดแล้ว ก็พึงยึดวรรณะและโคตรของมารดานั้นเองเพื่อประกอบสังสการ และบุตรที่เรียกว่า ‘กานีน’ กับ ‘อัธยูฑช’ นั้น พึงรู้ว่าเป็นบุตรผู้มีมลทิน (มีข้อด่างพร้อยในฐานะ)”

संस्कर्तुंto perform (the rite), to consecrate
संस्कर्तुं:
Karma
TypeVerb
Rootसंस्कृ (धातु)
Formतुमुन् (infinitive), कर्तरि
वर्णcaste/class
वर्ण:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवर्ण
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
गोत्रंclan/lineage
गोत्रं:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगोत्र
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
मातृवर्णविनिश्चयेin the determination of the mother's varna
मातृवर्णविनिश्चये:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootमातृ-वर्ण-विनिश्चय
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
कानीनa 'kānīna' son (born to an unmarried girl)
कानीन:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकानीन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
अध्यूढजौan 'adhyūḍhaja' son (born of a woman married while pregnant)
अध्यूढजौ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअध्यूढज
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
वाor
वा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
अपिalso/even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
विज्ञेयौare to be known/considered
विज्ञेयौ:
TypeVerb
Rootवि-ज्ञा (धातु)
Formभविष्यत्कालिक-कर्तव्यता/विधेयार्थे (gerundive, -य), Masculine, Nominative, Dual, कर्मणि (to be known)
पुत्रsons
पुत्र:
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
किल्बिषौtainted/blameworthy (of sinful origin)
किल्बिषौ:
TypeAdjective
Rootकिल्बिष
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma

Educational Q&A

If the mother’s varṇa and gotra are known with certainty, the child’s ritual identity for saṁskāras should follow the mother; and certain offspring categories (kānīna, adhyūḍhaja) are treated as carrying a juridical/ritual blemish in traditional dharma classifications.

In the Anuśāsana Parva’s dharma instruction, Bhīṣma is laying down rules about lineage and eligibility for rites, clarifying how to assign varṇa/gotra for a child and how specific types of birth are evaluated within the normative legal-ethical framework.