Shloka 21
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 ||
ຈາກກາສະຍະປະ ໄດ້ເກີດວິວັສວານ; ຈາກວິວັສວານ ໄດ້ເກີດມະນຸ ຜູ້ຖືກຈື່ຈຳວ່າ ໄວວັສວະຕະ ແລະໃນກ່ອນເຄີຍເອີ້ນວ່າ ປະຣະຊາປະຕິ; ແລະອິກສະວາກຸ ແມ່ນບຸດຂອງມະນຸ
"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.