Shloka 23
वंशवर्णनम् तथा विवाहप्रार्थना
Genealogy of the Ikshvaku Line and the Proposal for Marriage
कुक्षेरथात्मज: श्रीमान् विकुक्षिरुदपद्यत।विकुक्षेस्तु महातेजा बाण: पुत्र: प्रतापवान्।।1.70.23।।
kukṣer atha ātmajaḥ śrīmān vikukṣir udapadyata |
vikukṣeḥ tu mahātejā bāṇaḥ putraḥ pratāpavān || 1.70.23 ||
ຕໍ່ມາ ວິກຸກສິ ບຸດຜູ້ມີສິຣິຂອງກຸກສິ ໄດ້ເກີດຂຶ້ນ; ແລະຈາກວິກຸກສິ ໄດ້ເກີດບຸດຄື ບານະ ຜູ້ມີເທດສະພາບຍິ່ງ ສ່ອງປະກາຍ ແລະລືຊາດ້ວຍວິລະກຳ
It may be noted that Ikshvaku was the first ancestral king of Ayodhya whose son was the well-known, glorious Kukshi.
FAQs
Dharma is presented as dynastic continuity paired with merit: the line progresses through named heirs, and royal power is ideally joined with valor under moral order.
Vasiṣṭha continues enumerating the Ikṣvāku successors from Kukṣi to Vikukṣi to Bāṇa.
Pratāpa (valor/majestic power) as a kingly excellence, meant to serve dharma rather than ego.