Shloka 34
Śrāddhadeva Manu’s Sons: Pṛṣadhra’s Curse and Renunciation; Genealogies of Nariṣyanta and Diṣṭa
हेमचन्द्र: सुतस्तस्य धूम्राक्षस्तस्य चात्मज: । तत्पुत्रात् संयमादासीत् कृशाश्व: सहदेवज: ॥ ३४ ॥
hemacandraḥ sutas tasya dhūmrākṣas tasya cātmajaḥ tat-putrāt saṁyamād āsīt kṛśāśvaḥ saha-devajaḥ
Viśāla’s son was Hemacandra; his son was Dhūmrākṣa; and his son was Saṁyama, who had two sons—Devaja and Kṛśāśva.
FAQs
This verse continues the royal genealogy, listing the succession: Hemacandra, his son Dhūmrākṣa, then Saṁyama, and then Kṛśāśva (born in the line connected with Sahadeva).
To preserve the sacred history of righteous kings and dynasties through whom dharma and devotion were protected, and to connect later divine events to their ancestral lines.
They encourage respect for ancestry, responsibility in family life, and remembrance that one’s actions contribute to an ongoing lineage of values—especially dharma and devotion.