Shloka 15
आरब्धस्तस्य गान्धारस्तस्य धर्मस्ततो धृत: । धृतस्य दुर्मदस्तस्मात् प्रचेता: प्राचेतस: शतम् ॥ १५ ॥
ārabdhas tasya gāndhāras tasya dharmas tato dhṛtaḥ dhṛtasya durmadas tasmāt pracetāḥ prācetasaḥ śatam
Setu’s son was Ārabdha; Ārabdha’s son, Gāndhāra; Gāndhāra’s son, Dharma; and Dharma’s son, Dhṛta. Dhṛta’s son was Durmada, and Durmada’s son was Pracetā, who had one hundred sons called the Prācetasas.
FAQs
This verse identifies the Pracetās as the hundred sons born from King Durmada, known collectively as the Prācetasa brothers.
Śukadeva narrates dynastic genealogies to preserve sacred history (vaṁśa), show continuity of dharma through royal lineages, and situate later famous personalities within their ancestral context.
They train the reader to see life as part of a larger moral and spiritual continuity—valuing responsibility, legacy, and dharma rather than only short-term identity and achievement.