Valmiki Ramayana 2.110.6: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 110, Shloka 6

लोकसमुत्पत्ति-वर्णनम् तथा इक्ष्वाकुवंश-प्रशंसा

Cosmogony and Ikshvaku Genealogy as Counsel to Rama

Devanagari script

विवस्वान्काश्यपात् जज्ञे मनुर्वैवस्वत: स्वयम्।स तु प्रजापतिः पूर्वमिक्ष्वाकुस्तु मनो: सुतः।।।।

Sanskrit recitationValmiki Ramayana 2.110.6

Transliteration

vivasvān kāśyapāt jajñe manur vaivasvataḥ svayam | sa tu prajāpatiḥ pūrvam ikṣvākus tu manoḥ sutaḥ ||

Translation

カश्यパよりヴィヴァスヴァーン（太陽神）が生まれ、ヴィヴァスヴァーンよりヴァイヴァスヴァタ・マヌが生まれた。そのマヌこそ最初のプラジャーパティであり、イクシュヴァークはマヌの子として生まれた。

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Word by Word

• विवस्वान्: Vivasvān (Sun)
• विवस्वान्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विवस्वत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• काश्यपात्: from Kaśyapa
• काश्यपात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काश्यप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (Ablative), एकवचन

• जज्ञे: was born
• जज्ञे: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• मनुः: Manu
• मनुः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• वैवस्वतः: Vaivasvata (Vivasvān's son)
• वैवस्वतः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वैवस्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (of मनुः): 'son of Vivasvān'

• स्वयम्: himself
• स्वयम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आत्मवाचक (emphatic/reflexive adverb)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तु: indeed, and then
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधसूचक (particle: but/indeed)

• प्रजापतिः: Prajāpati
• प्रजापतिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजापति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; उपाधि/पदवी (title)

• पूर्वम्: formerly, first
• पूर्वम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्वम् (अव्यय/नपुंसक-रूप)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: formerly/first)

• इक्ष्वाकुः: Ikṣvāku
• इक्ष्वाकुः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इक्ष्वाकु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तु: and/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधसूचक (particle)

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

• सुतः: son
• सुतः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Context

Kasyapa begot Vivaswat (the Sun) and Vivaswat, Manu. This Manu was the first Prajapati to him whom was born Ikshvaku.

Characters & Entities

• Kaśyapa
• Vivasvān (Sūrya)
• Manu Vaivasvata
• Prajāpati
• Ikṣvāku

FAQs

What is the core ethical principle (Dharma) in this verse?

Dharma is framed as inherited responsibility: royal and social order rests on a lineage of progenitors, implying that rulership should align with the primordial duty of sustaining beings.

What is the narrative situation?

The genealogy narrows from cosmic ancestors to Manu and then to Ikṣvāku, the fountainhead of the dynasty central to Rāma’s identity.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Stewardship: the Prajāpati ideal suggests governance as care for creatures, not mere power.