Shloka 24
Adhyaya 76 — The Sixth Manvantara: Cakshusha Manu, the Child-Snatcher, and the Problem of Kinship
गुरुरुवाच न त्वियं ते महाभाग ! जनयित्री ऋथात्मजा ।
विक्रान्तस्याग्रमहिषी हैमिनी नाम नामतः ॥
gurur uvāca na tv iyaṃ te mahābhāga janayitrī ruthātmajā | vikrāntasyāgramahiṣī haiminī nāma nāmataḥ ||
ഗുരു പറഞ്ഞു— “ഭാഗ്യവാനേ, ഇവൾ നിന്റെ ജന്മമാതാവല്ല. ഇവൾ റൂഥയുടെ പുത്രി; വിക്രാന്തന്റെ മുഖ്യ മഹിഷി, ‘ഹൈമിനി’ എന്ന നാമത്തിൽ പ്രസിദ്ധ.”
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FAQs
The guru’s role includes clarifying truth when it impacts duty. Correct knowledge (yathārtha-jñāna) is presented as prerequisite for correct action (dharma).
Touches Vaṃśa/Vaṃśānucarita elements (names, royal relations), though in service of an ethical plot rather than a formal genealogy list.
The ‘queen’ motif can symbolize external authority and social identity; the verse shifts the boy’s self-conception from assumed household ties to a larger karmic narrative.