Shloka 4
वंशस्मरण-फलम्, वैशालिका-प्रसङ्गः, रेवती-बलदेव-विवाहः, विष्णु-परतत्त्व-स्तुतिः
ब्रह्माद्यं यो मनोर् वंशम् अहन्य् अहनि संस्मरेत् तस्य वंशसमुच्छेदो न कदाचिद् भविष्यति
brahmādyaṃ yo manor vaṃśam ahany ahani saṃsmaret tasya vaṃśasamucchedo na kadācid bhaviṣyati
Whoever, day after day, reverently remembers the lineage of Manu—beginning with Brahmā—of that person the line shall never be cut off; his family succession will not perish at any time.
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)
Creation Stage: Manvantara
Manvantara: Svayambhuva
Concept: Daily remembrance of Manu’s lineage beginning from Brahmā is praised with a concrete fruit: one’s own family line will not be severed.
Vedantic Theme: Dharma
Application: Make daily remembrance (smaraṇa) of sacred history part of practice—recite a short vaṃśa passage or study Purāṇa regularly to cultivate continuity, gratitude, and responsibility to descendants.
Vishishtadvaita: Smaraṇa of divinely ordered manvantara-history becomes a devotional act; the jīva’s household continuity is situated within Bhagavān’s cosmic administration through Brahmā and Manu.
Dharma Exemplar: Smṛti (recollection) sustaining kula (family continuity)
Key Kings: Brahmā, Manu
Vishnu Form: Narayana
Bhakti Type: Shanta
FAQs
This verse presents dynastic remembrance as a dhārmic act that yields a concrete blessing: the continuity of one’s own family line, linking personal life to the Purāṇic cosmic order governed through Manus.
In the Parāśara–Maitreya dialogue, genealogies are not mere history; they function as sacred memory. Parāśara states that daily recollection of the Brahmā-to-Manu succession confers protection against the “cutting off” of one’s lineage.
Even when Vishnu is not named in the verse, the dynastic and Manvantara framework is ultimately Vishnu’s sovereign order in Purāṇic theology—where cosmic administration (through Brahmā and the Manus) operates under the Supreme Reality that sustains the world.