Shloka 9
भानोर्भार्या सुप्रजा तु बृहद्धासा तु सूर्यजा । असूजेतां तु षट् पुत्रान् शृणू तासां प्रजाविधिम्,भानुकी दो पत्नियाँ हुईं--सुप्रजा और बृहद्धासा। इनमें बृहद्धासा सूर्यकी कन्या थी। इन दोनोंने छः पुत्रोंको जन्म दिया। इनके द्वारा जो संतानोंकी सृष्टि हुई, उसका वर्णन सुनो
bhānor bhāryā suprajā tu bṛhaddhāsā tu sūryajā | asūjetāṁ tu ṣaṭ putrān śṛṇu tāsāṁ prajāvidhim ||
Mārkaṇḍeya said: “Bhānu had two wives—Suprajā and Bṛhaddhāsā; and Bṛhaddhāsā was the daughter of Sūrya. From these two were born six sons. Now listen as I describe the manner in which their descendants were brought forth.”
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames genealogy as a meaningful narrative of order (prajā-vidhi): lineage is not mere biology but a structured account that situates persons within a larger cosmic and moral continuity, conveyed through attentive listening to authoritative tradition.
Mārkaṇḍeya introduces Bhānu’s two wives—Suprajā and Bṛhaddhāsā (identified as Sūrya’s daughter)—and announces that they bore six sons; he then signals a forthcoming description of how their descendants proliferated.