Shloka 5
Chapter 2: Sudarśana Upākhyāna — Atithi-Dharma and the Conquest of Mṛtyu
Gṛhastha-Vrata
मनो: प्रजापते राजन्निक्ष्वाकुरभवत् सुतः । तस्य पुत्रशतं जज्ञे नपते: सूर्यवर्चस:
manoḥ prajāpate rājann ikṣvākur abhavat sutaḥ | tasya putraśataṁ jajñe nṛpate sūryavarcasaḥ ||
毗湿摩说道：“大王啊，生主（Prajāpati）摩奴生下一子，名为伊克什瓦库（Ikṣvāku）。而这位伊克什瓦库——人中之主，光辉如日——又诞生了一百位王子。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames righteous kingship as rooted in sacred ancestry: a king’s legitimacy and duty (dharma) are strengthened by continuity from a progenitor (Manu/Prajāpati) and by the flourishing of progeny, implying responsibility toward lineage, subjects, and moral order.
Bhīṣma recounts a genealogical origin: Manu (called Prajāpati) has a son Ikṣvāku, and Ikṣvāku—described as sun-radiant—fathers a hundred sons, establishing the expansion of a royal line.