Shloka 4

वेन-पृथु-प्रादुर्भावः, राजधर्मः, पृथिवीदोहनम्

Vena–Pṛthu Episode and the Milking of Earth

Devanagari script

मनोर् अजायन्त दश नड्वलायां महौजसः कन्यायां तपतां श्रेष्ठ वैराजस्य प्रजापतेः

Transliteration

manor ajāyanta daśa naḍvalāyāṃ mahaujasaḥ kanyāyāṃ tapatāṃ śreṣṭha vairājasya prajāpateḥ

Translation

Oh mejor de los ascetas, de Manu nacieron diez hijos de gran vigor en Naḍvalā, hija del gran Prajāpati Vairāja.

Word by Word

• मनोः: of Manu
• मनोः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अजायन्त: were born
• अजायन्त: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन

• दश: ten
• दश: Visheshana (Quantifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दश (अव्यय/संख्याशब्द)
• Form: संख्या-अव्यय (cardinal numeral, indeclinable in common use)

• नड्वलायाम्: in Naḍvalā
• नड्वलायाम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नड्वला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• महौजसः: of great vigor
• महौजसः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महौजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (वैराजस्य प्रजापतेः)

• कन्यायाम्: in (his) daughter
• कन्यायाम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• तपताम्: of the ascetics (those who practice austerity)
• तपताम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तपत् (कृदन्त; √तप् धातु, शतृ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण; शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त (present active participle)

• श्रेष्ठ: O best (one)
• श्रेष्ठ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• वैराजस्य: of Vairāja
• वैराजस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैराज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रजापतेः: of Prajāpati
• प्रजापतेः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा (प्रातिपदिक) + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (प्रजानां पतिः)

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (narrating) to Maitreya

Characters & Entities

• Manu
• Naḍvalā
• Vairāja Prajāpati
• Ten sons of Manu

FAQs

What is the significance of Manu’s ten sons in the Vishnu Purana?

They function as foundational progenitors in the genealogical map of the Purana, marking how human and royal lines proliferate within a Manvantara under cosmic order.

How does Sage Parāśara explain lineage formation in this chapter?

He presents genealogy as a sacred, ordered transmission—from Prajāpatis to their daughters and onward to Manu’s offspring—showing creation as structured continuity rather than random emergence.

The theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this genealogical context?

Even when Vishnu is not named in a given verse, the Purana frames these lineages as operating within Vishnu’s sovereign cosmic governance—genealogy becomes a record of dharmic order upheld by the Supreme Reality.