Shloka 33
Adhyaya 53 — Rudrasarga and the Measure of the Manvantaras: Svayambhuva Manu, Priyavrata’s Line, and the Seven Dvipas
तस्य पुत्रा बभूवुर्हि प्रजापतिसमा नव ।
ज्येष्ठो नाभिरिति ख्यातस्तस्य किंपुरुषो 'नुजः ॥
tasya putrā babhūvur hi prajāpatisamā nava /
jyeṣṭho nābhir iti khyātas tasya kiṃpuruṣo 'nujaḥ
اس کے نو بیٹے تھے، گویا پرجاپتیوں کے مانند۔ سب سے بڑا ‘نابھی’ کے نام سے مشہور تھا؛ اس کا چھوٹا بھائی ‘کِمپُرُش’ تھا۔
FAQs
Progenitors are valued not merely as rulers but as sustainers of order; being ‘Prajāpati-like’ implies responsibility for creation, protection, and dharmic continuity.
Directly ‘Vaṃśa’ (genealogy) and ‘Vaṃśānucarita’ (accounts of descendants), preparing for the eponymous mapping of varṣas.
Nine sons can be read as a symbolic ‘complete set’ of powers that diversify a single lineage into multiple domains—unity expressing itself as ordered multiplicity.