Shloka 5
Utkramaṇa-sthāna and Ariṣṭa-lakṣaṇa: Yājñavalkya’s Instruction on Departure Pathways and Mortality Signs
ये गुणा: पुरुषस्येह ये च मातृगुणास्तथा । अस्थि स्नायुश्न मज्जा च जानीम: पितृतो गुणा:
janaka uvāca | ye guṇāḥ puruṣasyeha ye ca mātṛguṇās tathā | asthi snāyuś ca majjā ca jānīmaḥ pitṛto guṇāḥ ||
阇那迦王说道：“凡此身中属于父者、属于母者之诸德性——骨、筋与髓：我们理解为皆由父而来。”
जनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
Janaka explains a traditional account of how parental contributions are understood in the formation of the body, distinguishing certain bodily constituents as arising from the father and (in the surrounding discussion) others from the mother.
In a didactic exchange in Śānti Parva, King Janaka speaks as a teacher, presenting a schematic division of bodily elements to illustrate inherited qualities and the mixed origin of embodiment.