Shloka 2
The Future Manus and the Avatāras in Their Manvantaras
इक्ष्वाकुर्नभगश्चैव धृष्ट: शर्यातिरेव च । नरिष्यन्तोऽथ नाभाग: सप्तमो दिष्ट उच्यते ॥ २ ॥ तरूषश्च पृषध्रश्च दशमो वसुमान्स्मृत: । मनोर्वैवस्वतस्यैते दशपुत्रा: परन्तप ॥ ३ ॥
ikṣvākur nabhagaś caiva dhṛṣṭaḥ śaryātir eva ca nariṣyanto ’tha nābhāgaḥ saptamo diṣṭa ucyate
O King Parīkṣit, among the ten sons of Vaivasvata Manu are Ikṣvāku, Nabhaga, Dhṛṣṭa, Śaryāti, Nariṣyanta and Nābhāga. The seventh son is known as Diṣṭa. Then come Tarūṣa and Pṛṣadhra, and the tenth son is remembered as Vasumān.
FAQs
This verse lists Ikṣvāku, Nabhaga, Dhṛṣṭa, Śaryāti, Nariṣyanta, Nābhāga, and identifies Diṣṭa as the seventh.
He situates the Lord’s pastimes and dharma within sacred history, showing how saintly kings and dynasties arise under divine arrangement.
They remind readers that human life is part of a larger sacred continuum—encouraging responsibility, dharma, and devotion rather than ego-centered identity.