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The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 13.49.3

Mahābhārata 13.49.3

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Sanskrit

13.49.3

bhīṣma uvāca |
ātmā putrastu vijñeyastasyānantarajaśca yaḥ |
niyuktajaśca vijñeyaḥ sutaḥ prasṛtajastathā || 3 ||

"Bhishma said, 'The son of one's loins is regarded as one's own self. The son that is begotten upon one's wife by a person whom one has invited for the task, is called Niruktaja. The son that is begotten upon one's wife by somebody without one's permission, is Prasritaja. The son begotten upon his own wife by a person fallen away from his status is called Patitaja. There are two other sons, viz., the son given, and the son made. There is another called Adhyudha. The son born of a maiden in her father's house is called Kanina. Besides these, there are six kinds of sons called Apadhwansaja and six others that are Apasadas. These are the several kinds of sons mentioned in the scriptures, learn, O Bharata!

Kisari Mohan Ganguli 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa

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