Shloka 7
आदि पर्व, अध्याय 96 — काश्यकन्याहरणं, शाल्वसमागमः, अम्बावचनं च
Kāśī princesses taken; encounter with Śālva; Ambā’s declaration
दक्षाददितिरदितेविंवस्वान् विवस्वतो मनुर्मनो-रिला इलाया: पुरूरवा: पुरूरवस आयुरायुषो नहुषो नहुषाद ययाति:; ययाते्द्धे भारयें बभूवतु:
Dakṣād Aditir, Aditer Vivasvān; Vivasvato Manuḥ; Manoḥ Ilā; Ilāyāḥ Purūravāḥ; Purūravasaḥ Āyuḥ; Āyuṣo Nahuṣaḥ; Nahuṣād Yayātiḥ; Yayāter Iḍḍhe Bhāryāyāṃ babhūvatuḥ.
Vaiśampāyana dit : «De Dakṣa naquit Aditi ; d’Aditi, Vivasvān (le Soleil) ; de Vivasvān, Manu ; de Manu, Ilā ; d’Ilā, Purūravā ; de Purūravā, Āyu ; d’Āyu, Nahuṣa ; de Nahuṣa, Yayāti. Et de Yayāti, en son épouse Iḍḍhā, naquirent des fils. Ainsi la lignée royale est-elle retracée dans un ordre régulier, mettant en lumière la continuité du dharma au fil des générations.»
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the importance of orderly lineage (vaṃśa) as a vehicle for sustaining dharma: rulers and progenitors are remembered not merely as names, but as links in a moral and social continuity that legitimizes kingship and tradition.
Vaiśampāyana is reciting a genealogical succession: Dakṣa → Aditi → Vivasvān → Manu → Ilā → Purūravā → Āyu → Nahuṣa → Yayāti, and then notes that Yayāti had offspring through his wife Iḍḍhā, continuing the royal line.