Shloka 12
Adhyaya 79 — The Vaivasvata Manvantara: Classes of Devas, the Seven Sages, and Manu’s Nine Sons
करूषश्च पृषध्रश्च वसुमान् लोकविश्रुतः ।
मनोर् वैवस्वतस्यैते नव पुत्राः प्रकीर्तिताः ॥
karūṣaś ca pṛṣadhraś ca vasumān lokaviśrutaḥ |
manor vaivasvatasyaite nava putrāḥ prakīrtitāḥ ||
கரூஷன், ப்ருஷத்ரன், மேலும் உலகில் புகழ்பெற்ற வசுமான்—இவர்கள் வைவர்ஸ்வத மனுவின் ஒன்பது புதல்வர்கள் எனப் பிரகடனப்படுத்தப்படுகின்றனர்।
FAQs
Enumerations like ‘nine sons’ are mnemonic anchors: they preserve cultural memory of dharmic polity and the transmission of social order through legitimate succession.
Vaṃśa/Vaṃśānucarita: dynastic cataloging as an essential Purāṇic characteristic.
The number-nine motif can suggest completeness in a cycle of progeny and governance; in Purāṇic style it marks a closed set within the larger time-cycle.