Shloka 7
गोमूल्यनिर्णयः — The Determination of Value through the Cow
Nahuṣa–Cyavana Episode
तिस्त्र: क्षत्रियसम्बन्धाद् द्वयोरात्मास्य जायते । हीनव्णसस्तृतीयायां शूद्रा उग्रा इति स्मृति:
tisraḥ kṣatriya-sambandhād dvayor ātmāsya jāyate | hīna-varṇas tṛtīyāyāṁ śūdrā ugrā iti smṛtiḥ ||
Wika ni Bhishma: “Mula sa pagsasama ng isang Kshatriya sa tatlong uri ng asawa, inilalarawan ng tradisyon ang mga supling. Sa unang dalawa—isang asawang Kshatriya at isang asawang Vaishya—ang anak na lalaki na isinilang sa pag-aanak ng Kshatriya ay itinuturing na Kshatriya. Ngunit sa ikatlo, ang asawang Shudra, ang supling ay sinasabing mas mababa ang katayuan; tinatawag sila ng Smṛti na ‘Ugra’.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents a Smṛti-based rule about how offspring are classified when a Kṣatriya has wives from different varṇas: sons from Kṣatriya and Vaiśya wives are treated as Kṣatriya, while sons from a Śūdra wife are designated as lower-status and termed ‘Ugra’ in the tradition.
In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma is instructing Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and social norms. Here he cites traditional dharma-text categories concerning marriage/union and the resulting social designation of children.