Shloka 9
द्रौपदी–सत्यभामा संवादः
Draupadī and Satyabhāmā on ethical household conduct
भानोर्भार्या सुप्रजा तु बृहद्धासा तु सूर्यजा । असूजेतां तु षट् पुत्रान् शृणू तासां प्रजाविधिम्
bhānor bhāryā suprajā tu bṛhaddhāsā tu sūryajā | asūjetāṁ tu ṣaṭ putrān śṛṇu tāsāṁ prajāvidhim ||
मार्कण्डेय उवाच—भानोः भार्ये द्वे सुप्रजा बृहद्धासा च; बृहद्धासा तु सूर्यजा। ताभ्यां षट् पुत्राः समजायन्त; तासां प्रजाविधिं शृणु।
मार्कण्डेय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames genealogy as a meaningful narrative of order (prajā-vidhi): lineage is not mere biology but a structured account that situates persons within a larger cosmic and moral continuity, conveyed through attentive listening to authoritative tradition.
Mārkaṇḍeya introduces Bhānu’s two wives—Suprajā and Bṛhaddhāsā (identified as Sūrya’s daughter)—and announces that they bore six sons; he then signals a forthcoming description of how their descendants proliferated.