Shloka 34
Adhyaya 78 — Hymn to Surya and the Distribution of Solar Splendour; Genealogy of Vaivasvata and Chaya’s Line
तयोस्तृतीया या कन्या तपती नाम सा कुरुम् ।
नृपात्संवरणात्पुत्रमवाप मनुजेश्वरम् ॥
tayos tṛtīyā yā kanyā tapatī nāma sā kurum | nṛpāt saṃvaraṇāt putram avāpa manujeśvaram ||
ఆ ఇద్దరిలో మూడవ కుమార్తె ‘తపతీ’ అను నామముగలది; ఆమె మనుష్యాధిపతియైన రాజు సంవరణునిచే ‘కురు’ అను కుమారుని ప్రసవించెను.
FAQs
Purāṇic genealogies tie cosmic order to human history: exemplary rulership is portrayed as arising from harmonized alliances of lineages, legitimizing dharma through remembered ancestry.
Vaṃśānucarita: this is a direct dynastic notice (birth of Kuru) that undergirds later epic history; it supplements Manvantara material by anchoring human royal lines in cosmic genealogy.
Tapatī (‘the warming/burning one’) can be read as the solar potency transmitting ‘tapas’ into kingship—heat as the inner austerity required for sustaining a realm.