Shloka 4
Utkramaṇa-sthāna and Ariṣṭa-lakṣaṇa: Yājñavalkya’s Instruction on Departure Pathways and Mortality Signs
रत्यर्थमभिसम्बन्धादन्योन्यगुणसंश्रयात् । ऋतोौ निर्वर्त्यते रूपं तद् वक्ष्यामि निदर्शनम्
Janaka uvāca: ratyartham abhisambandhād anyonya-guṇa-saṁśrayāt | ṛtau nirvartyate rūpaṁ tad vakṣyāmi nidarśanam ||
阇那迦王说道：“由为欲乐而行的交合，由彼此依存并使父母之德性相融，当女子处于可孕之时，身形便得以成就。我将以譬喻说明——如《吠陀》与诸《沙斯特罗》所教，父之性与母之性如何被认为显现在此身之中。”
जनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
Janaka teaches that the embodied form arises through parental union at the proper fertile time, and that the child’s body is understood as reflecting a blending of the parents’ qualities, a view he frames as supported by Vedic and śāstric tradition.
In a didactic exchange within Śānti Parva, King Janaka speaks as a teacher, introducing an explanatory ‘illustration’ about how conception and bodily formation are traditionally described, grounding his account in scriptural authority.