Shloka 9
Genealogies of Yadus and Vṛṣṇis; Navaratha’s Refuge to Sarasvatī; Rise of Sāttvata Tradition; Prelude to Kṛṣṇa-Balarāma Incarnation
कैशिकस्य सुतश्चेदिश्चैद्यास्तस्याभवन् सुताः / तेषां प्रधानो ज्योतिष्मान् वपुष्मांस्तत्सुतो ऽभवत्
kaiśikasya sutaścediścaidyāstasyābhavan sutāḥ / teṣāṃ pradhāno jyotiṣmān vapuṣmāṃstatsuto 'bhavat
ไกศิกะมีโอรสชื่อ เจทิ และจากเขาได้เกิดสายวงศ์ไจทยะ ในบรรดาบุตรทั้งหลาย โชติษมานเป็นผู้ประเสริฐ และบุตรของโชติษมานคือ วปุษมาน
Sūta (traditional Purāṇic narrator) recounting royal genealogy to the sages
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
This verse is genealogical rather than philosophical; it does not directly teach Ātman-doctrine, but it supports the Purāṇic method of grounding later spiritual instruction in an ordered sacred history (vamśa).
No specific yoga practice is taught in this verse. It belongs to the Purva-bhāga’s lineage narration, which sets cultural and dharmic context before the Kurma Purana’s later yoga-oriented teachings (including Pāśupata-oriented material in the Upari-bhāga).
It does not directly address Śiva–Viṣṇu synthesis; it records dynastic succession. In the Kurma Purana’s broader arc, such genealogies coexist with later non-sectarian theology, but this particular śloka is neutral and historical in tone.