Shloka 38

Manvantara Catalog: Fourteen Manus, Their Sons, Saptarishis, Indras, Deva-Hosts, and the 18 Vidyās

Devanagari script

वारुणेर्दक्षसावर्णेर्नवमस्य सुताञ्छृणु / धृतिकेतुर्देप्तिकेतुः पञ्चहस्तो निरामयः / पृतुश्रवा बृहदूद्युम्न ऋचीको बृहतो गुणः

Transliteration

vāruṇerdakṣasāvarṇernavamasya sutāñchṛṇu / dhṛtiketurdeptiketuḥ pañcahasto nirāmayaḥ / pṛtuśravā bṛhadūdyumna ṛcīko bṛhato guṇaḥ

Translation

จงฟังบุตรของพระวรุณะ ผู้บังเกิดจากทักษะ-สาวรรณิ—ลำดับที่เก้าแห่งสายวงศ์นั้น: ธฤติเกตุ, เทปติเกตุ, ปัญจหสตะ, นิรามยะ, ปฤตุศรวา, พฤหทูทยุมน์, ฤจีกะ และ พฤหโต-คุณ

Word by Word

वारुणेःof Varuṇa’s (descendant/son)

दक्षसावर्णेःof Dakṣa-sāvarṇi

नवमस्यof the ninth

सुतान्sons

शृणुhear

धृतिकेतुःDhṛtiketu (name)

देप्तिकेतुःDeptiketu (name)

पञ्चहस्तःPañcahasta (name; ‘five-handed’)

निरामयःfree from disease

पृतुश्रवाःPṛtuśravā (name; ‘broad-famed’)

बृहदूद्युम्नःBṛhadūdyumna (name)

ऋचीकोṚcīka (name)

बृहतःof the great

गुणःGuṇa (name/quality)

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (narrating to Garuda)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Remembering and reciting lineages/names preserves cosmic order (ṛta) and transmits dharmic memory; ‘śravaṇa’ as a purifying act.

Vedantic Theme: Nāma-rūpa within sṛṣṭi-krama; the ordered manifestation of beings under Īśvara’s governance.

Application: Use disciplined study/recitation (śravaṇa–smaraṇa) to cultivate clarity; treat knowledge transmission as a dharmic duty.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Geographic Context

Type: cosmic domain

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana Purvakhanda 1.87 (genealogical catalogues of Manus, Devas, and progeny)

Characters & Entities

Varuṇa

Dakṣa-sāvarṇi

FAQs

What is the importance of genealogy lists in the Garuda Purana?

This verse preserves a specific Puranic lineage—identifying Varuṇa’s descendants—which supports the text’s broader cosmological and dynastic mapping.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul?

It does not describe the soul’s journey; instead, it functions as a genealogical-cosmological record within the chapter’s narrative flow.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Use it for accurate archival reference—recitation, indexing, and cross-checking Puranic genealogies when studying Deva lineages and related ritual or mythic contexts.