Ramayana — Bala Kanda, Sarga 70, Shloka 21
वंशवर्णनम् तथा विवाहप्रार्थना
Genealogy of the Ikshvaku Line and the Proposal for Marriage
विवस्वान् काश्यपाज्जज्ञे मनुर्वैवस्वत स्स्मृत:।मनु: प्रजापति: पूर्वमिक्ष्वाकुस्तु मनोस्सुत:।।1.70.21।।
vivasvān kāśyapāj jajñe manur vaivasvataḥ smṛtaḥ |
manuḥ prajāpatiḥ pūrvam ikṣvākus tu manos sutaḥ || 1.70.21 ||
カश्यパよりヴィヴァスヴァーンが生まれ、ヴィヴァスヴァーンよりマヌが出た。彼はヴァイヴァスヴァタとして記憶され、かつてはプラジャーパティとも呼ばれた。そしてイクシュヴァークはマヌの子である。
"From the unmanifest was born the eternal, the constant, the imperishable Brahma. To him was born Marichi and to Marichi, Kasyapa.
FAQs
Dharma is framed as inherited responsibility: a dynasty’s right to rule is tied to a remembered chain of origin, encouraging rulers to live up to ancestral standards.
Vasiṣṭha continues the Ikṣvāku genealogy, connecting the solar line to Manu and then to Ikṣvāku.
Reverence for tradition and truthful memory (smṛti) in preserving social and moral order.