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Shloka 9

द्रौपदी–सत्यभामा संवादः

Draupadī and Satyabhāmā on ethical household conduct

भानोर्भार्या सुप्रजा तु बृहद्धासा तु सूर्यजा । असूजेतां तु षट्‌ पुत्रान्‌ शृणू तासां प्रजाविधिम्‌,भानुकी दो पत्नियाँ हुईं--सुप्रजा और बृहद्धासा। इनमें बृहद्धासा सूर्यकी कन्या थी। इन दोनोंने छः पुत्रोंको जन्म दिया। इनके द्वारा जो संतानोंकी सृष्टि हुई, उसका वर्णन सुनो

bhānor bhāryā suprajā tu bṛhaddhāsā tu sūryajā | asūjetāṁ tu ṣaṭ putrān śṛṇu tāsāṁ prajāvidhim ||

Mārkaṇḍeya sprach: „Bhānu hatte zwei Gemahlinnen — Suprajā und Bṛhaddhāsā; und Bṛhaddhāsā war die Tochter Sūryas. Aus diesen beiden wurden sechs Söhne geboren. Nun hört, wie ich die Weise schildere, in der ihre Nachkommen hervorgebracht wurden.“

भानोःof Bhānu (the Sun)
भानोः:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootभानु
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
भार्याwife
भार्या:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभार्या
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
सुप्रजाSuprājā (proper name)
सुप्रजा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसुप्रजा
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
तुand/indeed/but
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
बृहद्धासाBṛhaddhāsā (proper name)
बृहद्धासा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootबृहद्धासा
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
तुand/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
सूर्यजाborn of Sūrya; Sūrya’s daughter
सूर्यजा:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसूर्यजा
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
असूजेताम्they two bore/gave birth
असूजेताम्:
TypeVerb
Rootसूज् (प्रसवने) / सू (जनने)
FormPerfect (Liṭ), Third, Dual
तुindeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
षट्six
षट्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootषट्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
पुत्रान्sons
पुत्रान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
शृणुhear (you)
शृणु:
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (श्रवणे)
FormImperative (Loṭ), Second, Singular
तासाम्of those (women)
तासाम्:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormFeminine, Genitive, Plural
प्रजाविधिम्the manner/order of progeny (creation/lineage)
प्रजाविधिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootप्रजा + विधि
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

M
Mārkaṇḍeya
B
Bhānu
S
Suprajā
B
Bṛhaddhāsā
S
Sūrya

Educational Q&A

The verse frames genealogy as a meaningful narrative of order (prajā-vidhi): lineage is not mere biology but a structured account that situates persons within a larger cosmic and moral continuity, conveyed through attentive listening to authoritative tradition.

Mārkaṇḍeya introduces Bhānu’s two wives—Suprajā and Bṛhaddhāsā (identified as Sūrya’s daughter)—and announces that they bore six sons; he then signals a forthcoming description of how their descendants proliferated.