Shloka 93
मृत्योस्तु दुहिता राजन् सुनीथा नाम मानसी । प्रख्याता त्रिषु लोकेषु यासौ वेनमजीजनत्,राजन! मृत्युकी एक मानसिक कन्या थी, जिसका नाम था सुनीथा। जो अपने रूप और गुणके लिये तीनों लोकोंमें विख्यात थी। उसीने वेनको जन्म दिया था
mṛtyos tu duhitā rājan sunīthā nāma mānasī | prakhyātā triṣu lokeṣu yāsau venam ajījanat ||
ພີສະມະກ່າວວ່າ: «ໂອ ພະຣາຊາ, ພຣະມັດຕະຍຸ (ຄວາມຕາຍ) ມີທິດາຜູ້ເກີດຈາກໃຈ ຊື່ ສຸນີຖາ. ນາງໂດ່ງດັງໃນໂລກທັງສາມ ເນື່ອງດ້ວຍຮູບງາມແລະຄຸນຄ່າ. ນາງນັ້ນແຫຼະທີ່ໃຫ້ກຳເນີດແກ່ ເວນາ»។
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames royal lineage within a moral-cosmic genealogy: qualities and destinies of rulers are portrayed as arising from profound origins (here, Death’s mind-born daughter). It hints that kingship and conduct are not merely personal but tied to larger ethical and cosmic causality.
Bhīṣma, instructing the king, introduces Sunīthā—described as Mṛtyu’s mind-born daughter and famed in the three worlds—and states that she gave birth to Vena, thereby situating Vena’s origin within a significant mythic lineage.