Shloka 6
राक्षसी-भर्त्सना
The Demonesses’ Coercive Counsel to Sītā
प्रजापतीनां षण्णां तु चतुर्थो यः प्रजापतिः।मानसो ब्रह्मणः पुत्रः पुलस्त्य इति विश्रुतः।।।।
prajāpatīnāṃ ṣaṇṇāṃ tu caturtho yaḥ prajāpatiḥ |
mānaso brahmaṇaḥ putraḥ pulastya iti viśrutaḥ ||
ആറ് പ്രജാപതിമാരിൽ നാലാമനായ പ്രജാപതി, ബ്രഹ്മാവിന്റെ മാനസപുത്രനായ ‘പുലസ്ത്യൻ’ എന്ന പേരിൽ പ്രസിദ്ധനാണ്.
'The mind-born son of Brahma is well known as Paulastya. He was the fourth among the six Prajapatis (Maricha, Atri, Angira, Pulastya, Plaha, Kratu).
FAQs
Lineage and cosmic ancestry are invoked as persuasive authority; dharmically, noble birth is not sufficient proof of virtue—conduct (ācāra) determines righteousness.
Ekajaṭā tries to impress Sītā by narrating Rāvaṇa’s exalted ancestry beginning with Pulastya.
Discernment (viveka) is demanded of the listener: the ability to separate rhetorical grandeur from moral truth.