Shloka 10

Devanagari script

रुरोरपि सुतो जज्ञे शुन॒को वेदपारग: । प्रमद्वरायां धर्मात्मा तव पूर्वपितामह:,रुरुके पुत्र शुनक थे, जिनका जन्म प्रमद्वराके गर्भसे हुआ था। शुनक वेदोंके पारंगत विद्वान्‌ और धर्मात्मा थे। वे आपके पूर्व पितामह थे

Transliteration

ruror api suto jajñe śunako vedapāragaḥ | pramadvarāyāṃ dharmātmā tava pūrvapitāmahaḥ ||

Translation

卢卢（Ruru）亦生一子——舜那迦（Śunaka），通达吠陀。其母为普罗摩陀婆罗（Pramadvarā）；他行止端正，在你的族系中，是上古的先祖之一。

Word by Word

रुरोःof Ruru

अपिalso/even

सुतःson

जज्ञेwas born

शुनकःŚunaka

वेदपारगःone who has gone to the far shore of the Vedas; master of the Vedas

प्रमद्वरायाम्in Pramadvarā (in/through her womb)

धर्मात्माrighteous-souled; virtuous

तवyour

पूर्वपितामहःformer/earlier grandfather; ancestor (great-grandfather)

Speaker

शौनक उवाच

Characters & Entities

Ruru

Śunaka

Pramadvarā

Vedas

Dharma

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights an ideal of lineage grounded not merely in birth but in dharma and Vedic mastery: an ancestor is remembered as exemplary because he is both learned (vedapāraga) and righteous (dharmātmā).

What is happening in the narrative?

Śaunaka identifies a figure in the ancestral line: Ruru’s son Śunaka, born of Pramadvarā, described as a Veda-knower and a dharma-minded person, establishing genealogical continuity and moral stature.