Shloka 10
Adhyaya 73 — The Uttama Manvantara: Classes of Devas, Indra Sushanti, and the Royal Lineage
अजः परशुचिर्दिव्यो महाबलपराक्रमः ।
पुत्रस्तस्य मनोरासन् विख्यातास्त्रिदशोपमाः ॥
ajaḥ paraśucir divyo mahābalaparākramaḥ | putras tasya manor āsan vikhyātās tridaśopamāḥ ||
त्या मनूचा पुत्र अज होता—परशूसारखा निर्मळ, दिव्य, महान बलवान व पराक्रमी. त्याचे पुत्रही प्रसिद्ध झाले, त्रिंशत् (तीस देव) यांस तुल्य.
FAQs
Purity and prowess are presented as royal virtues: ideal kingship descends through lineages characterized by inner clarity (śuci) and outer courage (parākrama).
Vaṃśa (genealogies): the verse explicitly advances the dynastic line within the Manvantara narrative.
The epithet ‘paraśu-śuci’ suggests discriminative cutting (like an axe) that is nevertheless pure—symbolically, righteous rule ‘cuts away’ adharma without impurity of motive.