Shloka 2
वेन-पृथु-प्रादुर्भावः, राजधर्मः, पृथिवीदोहनम्
Vena–Pṛthu Episode and the Milking of Earth
रिपुं रिपुञ्जयं विप्रं वृकलं वृकतेजसम् रिपोर् आधत्त बृहती चाक्षुषं सर्वतेजसम्
ripuṃ ripuñjayaṃ vipraṃ vṛkalaṃ vṛkatejasam ripor ādhatta bṛhatī cākṣuṣaṃ sarvatejasam
From Ripu were born Ripuñjaya, Vipra, Vṛkala, and Vṛkatejas; and from Ripu again came Bṛhatī and Cākṣuṣa, radiant with every kind of splendour.
Sage Parāśara (narrating genealogies and Manvantara succession) to Maitreya
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: Continuation of Dhruva’s line through Ripu and the emergence of Cākṣuṣa.
Teaching: Genealogical
Quality: authoritative
Dharma Exemplar: Tejas (vigor) disciplined for progenitive duty and social order.
Key Kings: Ripu, Ripuñjaya, Vipra, Vṛkala, Vṛkatejas, Bṛhatī, Cākṣuṣa
FAQs
This verse places Cākṣuṣa within a specific lineage, linking a named progenitor to the broader Cākṣuṣa Manvantara framework used by the Purāṇa to organize cosmic time and governance.
Parāśara uses successions of names—fathers, descendants, and key figures—to anchor each Manvantara in a traceable human-divine administration, turning cosmic chronology into a lineage-based narrative.
Even when listing descendants, the Vishnu Purana’s underlying premise is that orderly succession and the radiance (tejas) of rulers arise within Vishnu’s sovereign cosmic order, by which ages and their governors are sustained.