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Shloka 8

च्यवन-कुशिक-संवादः

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

एको विड्वर्ण एवाथ तथात्रैवोपलक्षित: । षडपध्वंसजास्ते हि तथैवासपदान्‌ शृणु

eko viḍvarṇa evātha tathātraivopalakṣitaḥ | ṣaḍapadhvaṃsajāste hi tathaivāsapadān śṛṇu ||

ภีษมะกล่าวว่า “ในที่นี้เองยังได้ชี้เฉพาะถึงวรรณะผสมหนึ่งจำพวกด้วย แท้จริงแล้ว ในบทสนทนานี้ได้กล่าวถึง ‘อปธวังสชะ’ ทั้งหกประการแล้ว บัดนี้จงฟังเมื่อเราจะพรรณนา ‘อปสท’—ผู้เกิดจากการสมสู่ในลำดับกลับ (ประติโลม)”

एकःone
एकः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootएक
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
विड्वर्णःthe 'viḍ'-varna (vaiśya class)
विड्वर्णः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootविड्वर्ण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
एवindeed/only
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
अथthen/now
अथ:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ
तथाthus/so
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
अत्रhere/in this context
अत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
उपलक्षितःindicated/marked (as)
उपलक्षितः:
TypeAdjective
Rootउपलक्षित
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
षट्six
षट्:
TypeAdjective
Rootषट्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
अपध्वंसजाःapadhvaṃsaja (mixed-caste offspring)
अपध्वंसजाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअपध्वंसज
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
तेthey/those
ते:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
हिfor/indeed
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
तथाthus/so
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
अपसदान्apasada (outcaste; pratiloma offspring)
अपसदान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअपसद
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
शृणुhear/listen
शृणु:
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु
FormImperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
Y
Yudhiṣṭhira

Educational Q&A

Bhīṣma frames a dharma-oriented taxonomy of birth from mixed unions: he notes six ‘apadhvaṃsaja’ types already identified in the discussion and then transitions to ‘apasada’ (reverse-order) offspring, emphasizing social-ethical categorization as part of normative instruction.

In his instruction to Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīṣma summarizes that the six mixed-union categories have been pointed out in this section and announces the next topic: the description of ‘apasada’ (pratiloma) offspring.