Shloka 6

Devanagari script

विवस्वान्काश्यपात् जज्ञे मनुर्वैवस्वत: स्वयम्।स तु प्रजापतिः पूर्वमिक्ष्वाकुस्तु मनो: सुतः।।।।

Transliteration

vivasvān kāśyapāt jajñe manur vaivasvataḥ svayam | sa tu prajāpatiḥ pūrvam ikṣvākus tu manoḥ sutaḥ ||

Translation

Aus Kaśyapa wurde Vivasvān, die Sonne, geboren; und aus Vivasvān Manu Vaivasvata. Dieser Manu war der erste Prajāpati; und Ikṣvāku wurde als Sohn Manus geboren.

Word by Word

विवस्वान्Vivasvān (Sun)

काश्यपात्from Kaśyapa

जज्ञेwas born

मनुःManu

वैवस्वतःVaivasvata (Vivasvān's son)

स्वयम्himself

सःhe

तुindeed, and then

प्रजापतिःPrajāpati

पूर्वम्formerly, first

इक्ष्वाकुःIkṣvāku

तुand/indeed

मनोःof Manu

सुतःson

Context

Kasyapa begot Vivaswat (the Sun) and Vivaswat, Manu. This Manu was the first Prajapati to him whom was born Ikshvaku.

Characters & Entities

Kaśyapa

Vivasvān (Sūrya)

Manu Vaivasvata

Prajāpati

Ikṣvāku

FAQs

What is the core ethical principle (Dharma) in this verse?

Dharma is framed as inherited responsibility: royal and social order rests on a lineage of progenitors, implying that rulership should align with the primordial duty of sustaining beings.

What is the narrative situation?

The genealogy narrows from cosmic ancestors to Manu and then to Ikṣvāku, the fountainhead of the dynasty central to Rāma’s identity.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Stewardship: the Prajāpati ideal suggests governance as care for creatures, not mere power.