Shloka 38
प्रियव्रतवंशवर्णनम् — सप्तद्वीपविभागः, जम्बूद्वीप-वर्षविभागः, भरत-नामकरणम्
तस्य पुत्रो महावीर्यो धीमांस् तस्माद् अजायत महान्तो ऽपि ततश् चाभून् मनस्युस् तस्य चात्मजः
tasya putro mahāvīryo dhīmāṃs tasmād ajāyata mahānto 'pi tataś cābhūn manasyus tasya cātmajaḥ
From him was born a son, mighty in valour and keen in intellect. From that one came Mahānta; and from Mahānta arose his son Manasyu—thus the lineage continued unbroken.
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: Continuation of the royal succession list.
Teaching: Genealogical
Quality: brief, enumerative
Dharma Exemplar: Kṣātra-tejas joined with dhī (valor with discernment)
Key Kings: Virāṭ, (unnamed mighty son), Mahānta, Manasyu
FAQs
This verse exemplifies how the Purāṇa maps cosmic order through successive births, linking creation (sarga) to the unfolding of dharma-bearing lineages.
He presents a concise chain of descent—father to son—using formulaic birth-statements (“from him was born...”), a standard Purāṇic method for preserving dynastic memory.
Even when Vishnu is not named in the verse, the genealogical flow belongs to the Vishnu-centered cosmology where creation and continuity ultimately rest on the Supreme Reality sustaining the world-process.