Shloka 23
Adhyaya 53 — Rudrasarga and the Measure of the Manvantaras: Svayambhuva Manu, Priyavrata’s Line, and the Seven Dvipas
कुशलो मनुगश्चोष्णः प्राकरश्चार्थकारकः । मुनिश्च दुन्दुभिश्चैव सप्तमः परिकीर्तितः ॥
kuśalo manugaś coṣṇaḥ prākaraś cārthakārakaḥ | muniś ca dundubhiś caiva saptamaḥ parikīrtitaḥ ||
குஷல, மனுக, ஓஷ்ண, பிராகர, அர்த்தகாரக, முனி, துந்துபி—இவர்கள் ஏழு புதல்வர்கள் எனப் பிரகடனப்படுத்தப்படுகின்றனர்.
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FAQs
Several names encode social functions (arthakāraka ‘wealth-maker’, muni ‘sage’), suggesting an ideal society where prosperity, wisdom, and protection (prākara) coexist.
Vamśa: genealogical cataloging in service of cosmographic description.
The ‘sevenfold’ pattern echoes Puranic fondness for heptads (sapta), hinting at completeness/totality in the ordering of space and lineage.