Shloka 77
Pṛthu’s Earth-Milking, the Etymology of ‘Pṛthivī,’ and the Vaivasvata (Solar) Genealogy
नरिष्यंतः करूषश्च शर्यातिश्च महाबलः । पृषध्रश्चाथ नाभागः सर्वे ते दिव्यमानुषाः
nariṣyaṃtaḥ karūṣaśca śaryātiśca mahābalaḥ | pṛṣadhraścātha nābhāgaḥ sarve te divyamānuṣāḥ
নৰিষ্যন্ত, কৰূষ আৰু মহাবলী শৰ্য্যাতি; লগতে পৃষধ্ৰ আৰু নাভাগ—সকলোয়ে মানুহৰ মাজত দিৱ্য আছিল।
Unspecified narrator (Purāṇic narration; speaker not explicit in the provided excerpt)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: vira
Sandhi Resolution Notes: करूषश्च → करूषः + च; शर्यातिश्च → शर्यातिः + च; पृषध्रश्चाथ → पृषध्रः + च + अथ.
FAQs
They are presented as notable human figures (often treated as royal or ancestral names in Purāṇic genealogies), grouped together here and praised as “divine among men.”
It indicates humans of exceptional, near-divine stature—figures whose power, virtue, or lineage is celebrated as extraordinary within the sacred historical framework of the Purāṇas.
It functions as part of a genealogical/royal enumeration, highlighting exemplary persons in early lineages and framing them as spiritually and culturally significant ancestors.