Shloka 50
इक्ष्वाकुवंश-प्रसङ्गः, पुरंजय-दैवसाहाय्य-कथा, युवनाश्व-मांधातृ-उत्पत्तिः, सौभरि-वैराग्योपदेशः
अहो ऽयम् अन्यो ऽस्मत्प्रत्याख्यानोपायो वृद्धो ऽयम् अनभिमतः स्त्रीणां किम् उत कन्यानाम् इत्य् अमुना संचिन्त्यैवम् अभिहितम् । एवम् अस्तु तथा करिष्यामीति संचिन्त्य मांधातारम् उवाच ॥
aho 'yam anyo 'smatpratyākhyānopāyo vṛddho 'yam anabhimataḥ strīṇāṃ kim uta kanyānām ity amunā saṃcintyaivam abhihitam | evam astu tathā kariṣyāmīti saṃcintya māṃdhātāram uvāca ||
“Ah! Here is another way to refuse me,” she thought. “He is old—unwelcome to women, how much more to an unmarried maiden.” Having reflected thus, she spoke in this manner. Then, resolving, “So be it; I shall do exactly so,” she addressed King Māndhātṛ.
The maiden (kanyā), speaking to King Māndhātṛ after inward reflection
Vamsha: Surya
Key Kings: Māndhātṛ
FAQs
It shows how Purāṇic genealogy is narrated through moral and social situations—here, a royal proposal is shaped by human perception, choice, and dharma, not merely by lineage.
The verse highlights inner deliberation (saṃcintya) leading to speech and action, presenting characters as morally reasoning agents within the larger flow of dynastic history.
Even when Vishnu is not named in a given verse, the dynasty narratives function under Vishnu’s sovereign order—kings and events unfold within the dharmic framework ultimately upheld by the Supreme Reality (Vishnu).