Shloka 51
अध्याय ३५१ — उञ्छवृत्ति-व्रतसिद्धेः मानुषस्य परमगतिः
Sūrya–Nāga Dialogue on the Perfected Gleaner-Ascetic
कानीनगर्भ: पितृकन्यकायां तस्मादृषेस्त्वं भविता च पुत्र:,उन्हीं ऋषिसे तुम पिताके घरमें रहनेवाली एक कुमारी कन्याके पुत्ररूपसे जन्म लोगे और कानीनगर्भ (कन्याकी संतान) कहलाओगे
kānīna-garbhaḥ pitṛ-kanyakāyāṃ tasmād ṛṣes tvaṃ bhavitā ca putraḥ
وَیشَمپایَن نے کہا—اسی رشی سے تم ایک ایسی کنواری لڑکی کے بطن سے بیٹے کی صورت میں پیدا ہو گے جو اپنے باپ کے گھر ہی رہتی ہے؛ اسی لیے تم ‘کانیِن گربھ’—یعنی غیر شادی شدہ لڑکی سے ٹھہرا ہوا بچہ—کہلاؤ گے۔
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores how dharma literature classifies a person’s social-ritual identity through recognized categories of birth and guardianship (here, a child born to an unmarried maiden living in her father’s house), emphasizing the normative frameworks by which lineage and status are discussed.
Vaiśampāyana describes a foretold birth: the addressed person will be born as the son of a sage through a maiden daughter residing in her father’s household, and will consequently bear the designation kānīna-garbha.