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 ||
अजः परशुशुद्धो दिव्यो महाबलपराक्रमः। तस्य मनोः सुतोऽभूत् तस्य पुत्राश्च त्रिंशत्समाः प्रसिद्धाः॥
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.