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Shloka 7

च्यवन-कुशिक-संवादः

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

भीष्म उवाच त्रिषु वर्णेषु ये पुत्रा ब्राह्मणस्य युधिष्ठिर । वर्णयोश्ष द्वयो: स्यातां यौ राजन्यस्य भारत

bhīṣma uvāca |

triṣu varṇeṣu ye putrā brāhmaṇasya yudhiṣṭhira |

varṇayoś ca dvayoḥ syātāṃ yau rājanyasya bhārata ||

ภีษมะกล่าวว่า “โอ้ ยุธิษฐิระ บุตรที่เกิดแก่พราหมณ์จากสตรีแห่งสามวรรณะ—กษัตริย์ ไวศยะ และศูทร—ในบัญญัตินี้พึงเข้าใจว่าเป็นสามจำพวก และโอ้ ภารตะ บุตรของกษัตริย์ (ราชันยะ) ที่เกิดจากสตรีแห่งสองวรรณะซึ่งต่ำกว่าตน ย่อมเป็นสองจำพวก”

भीष्मःBhishma
भीष्मः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभीष्म
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect (Paroksha-bhuta), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
त्रिषुin/among three
त्रिषु:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootत्रि
FormMasculine/Neuter, Locative, Plural
वर्णेषुin the varnas/classes
वर्णेषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootवर्ण
FormMasculine, Locative, Plural
येwho/which
ये:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
पुत्राःsons
पुत्राः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
ब्राह्मणस्यof a Brahmin
ब्राह्मणस्य:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मण
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
युधिष्ठिरO Yudhishthira
युधिष्ठिर:
TypeNoun
Rootयुधिष्ठिर
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
वर्णयोःof (two) varnas/classes
वर्णयोः:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootवर्ण
FormMasculine, Genitive, Dual
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
द्वयोःof two
द्वयोः:
Sambandha
TypeAdjective
Rootद्वि
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Dual
स्याताम्would be / may be (two)
स्याताम्:
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Dual, Parasmaipada
यौwhich two / the two who
यौ:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
राजन्यस्यof a Kshatriya (royal class)
राजन्यस्य:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्य
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
भारतO Bharata
भारत:
TypeNoun
Rootभारत
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma
Y
Yudhishthira
B
Bharata (epithet of Yudhishthira)
B
Brahmin (brāhmaṇa)
K
Kshatriya (rājanya)
V
Varṇa

Educational Q&A

Bhishma presents a structured, rule-based classification of offspring arising from unions across varṇas, reflecting the text’s dharma-śāstra style concern with lineage, social categories, and the perceived ethical-social implications of marriage and procreation.

During Bhishma’s instruction to Yudhishthira in the Anushasana Parva, he begins enumerating how many ‘types’ of sons are recognized in this scheme for a Brahmin and for a Kshatriya when children are born from women of different varṇas, setting up a longer explanation that continues in subsequent verses.