Shloka 7
आदि पर्व, अध्याय 96 — काश्यकन्याहरणं, शाल्वसमागमः, अम्बावचनं च
Kāśī princesses taken; encounter with Śālva; Ambā’s declaration
दक्षाददितिरदितेविंवस्वान् विवस्वतो मनुर्मनो-रिला इलाया: पुरूरवा: पुरूरवस आयुरायुषो नहुषो नहुषाद ययाति:; ययाते्द्धे भारयें बभूवतु:
Dakṣād Aditir, Aditer Vivasvān; Vivasvato Manuḥ; Manoḥ Ilā; Ilāyāḥ Purūravāḥ; Purūravasaḥ Āyuḥ; Āyuṣo Nahuṣaḥ; Nahuṣād Yayātiḥ; Yayāter Iḍḍhe Bhāryāyāṃ babhūvatuḥ.
Vaiśampāyana disse: “De Dakṣa nasceu Aditi; de Aditi, Vivasvān (o Sol); de Vivasvān, Manu; de Manu, Ilā; de Ilā, Purūravā; de Purūravā, Āyu; de Āyu, Nahuṣa; de Nahuṣa, Yayāti. E de Yayāti, em sua esposa Iḍḍhā, nasceram filhos. Assim se traça a linhagem real em sucessão ordenada, ressaltando a continuidade do dharma através das gerações.”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the importance of orderly lineage (vaṃśa) as a vehicle for sustaining dharma: rulers and progenitors are remembered not merely as names, but as links in a moral and social continuity that legitimizes kingship and tradition.
Vaiśampāyana is reciting a genealogical succession: Dakṣa → Aditi → Vivasvān → Manu → Ilā → Purūravā → Āyu → Nahuṣa → Yayāti, and then notes that Yayāti had offspring through his wife Iḍḍhā, continuing the royal line.