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Chapter 13.49
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Sanskrit Text
क्षेत्रजं
केचिदेवाहुः
सुतं
केचित्तु
शुक्रजम्
।
तुल्यावेतौ
सुतौ
कस्य
तन्मे
ब्रूहि
पितामह
॥
English Translation
Yudhishthira said Some say that one's son is he, who is born in his soil. Some, on the other hand, say that one's son is he who has been begotten from his seed. Are both these kinds of sons equal? Whose, again, is the son to be? Do you tell me, this, O grandfather.
Padaccheda (Word Analysis)
क्षेत्रजं | केचिद् | एव + अह् | सुतं | केचित् | तु | शुक्र + ज
किं | निश्चितं | भवेत् | तत्र | तद् + मद् | ब्रूहि | पितामह
किं | निश्चितं | भवेत् | तत्र | तद् + मद् | ब्रूहि | पितामह