Shloka 16
Adhyaya 52 — The Manifestation of Nilalohita (Rudra) and the Allocation of His Names, Abodes, Consorts, and Lineages
धाताविधात्रोस्ते भार्ये तयोर्जातौ सुतावुभौ ।
प्राणश्चैव मृकण्डुश्च पिता मम महायशाः ॥
dhātāvidhātros te bhārye tayor jātau sutāv ubhau | prāṇaś caiva mṛkaṇḍuś ca pitā mama mahāyaśāḥ ||
धातृविधातृभ्यां द्वे भार्ये आस्ताम्; ताभ्यां द्वौ पुत्रौ जज्ञाते—प्राणश्च मृकण्डुश्च, स मे पिता कीर्तिमान्।
FAQs
By grounding teaching authority in lineage, the text models a dharmic epistemology: knowledge is transmitted through recognized ṛṣi-lines, not merely personal assertion.
Vaṁśa/Vaṁśānucarita: explicit lineage of ṛṣis culminating in the narrator’s ancestry.
Naming a progenitor ‘Prāṇa’ hints that the sage-line is metaphorically rooted in ‘vitality/life-breath,’ suggesting continuity of spiritual life-force through generations.