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च्यवनः भार्गवः सुकन्यायां प्रमतिं अजनयत्cyavanaḥ bhārgavaḥ sukanyāyāṃ pramatiṃ ajanayatChyavana Bhargava begot Pramati by Sukanya
प्रमतिः घृताच्यां रुरुं समजीजनत्pramatiḥ ghṛtācyāṃ ruruṃ samajījanatPramati begot Ruru by [the apsaras] Ghritachi
रुरुः प्रमद्वरायां शुनकं समजीजनत्ruruḥ pramadvarāyāṃ śunakaṃ samajījanatRuru begot Shunaka by Pramadvara
रुरोः चरितं विस्तरेण प्रवक्ष्यामिruroḥ caritaṃ vistareṇa pravakṣyāmiI shall tell in full the story of Ruru
ऋषिः स्थूलकेशः तपो-विद्या-समन्वितः सर्व-भूत-हिते रतःṛṣiḥ sthūlakeśaḥ tapo-vidyā-samanvitaḥ sarva-bhūta-hite rataḥthe sage Sthulakesha, endowed with austerity and knowledge, devoted to the welfare of all beings
गन्धर्व-राजः विश्वावसुः मेनकायां प्रजज्ञिवान्gandharva-rājaḥ viśvāvasuḥ menakāyāṃ prajajñivānthe king of the gandharvas Vishvavasu begot [a child] in [the apsaras] Menaka
मेनका तं गर्भं स्थूलकेश-आश्रमं प्रति उत्ससर्जmenakā taṃ garbhaṃ sthūlakeśa-āśramaṃ prati utsasarjaMenaka abandoned that fruit [of her womb] near Sthulakesha's hermitage
कन्याम् अमर-गर्भ-आभां ज्वलन्तीं श्रियाkanyām amara-garbha-ābhāṃ jvalantīṃ śriyāa maiden, radiant as a child of the immortals, blazing with beauty
स्थूलकेशः तां दृष्ट्वा कृपा-आविष्टः पुपोषsthūlakeśaḥ tāṃ dṛṣṭvā kṛpā-āviṣṭaḥ pupoṣaSthulakesha, seeing her, was filled with compassion and nurtured her
प्रमदाभ्यः वरा सर्व-रूप-गुण-अन्विताpramadābhyaḥ varā sarva-rūpa-guṇa-anvitāsurpassing [all] beautiful women, endowed with every form and virtue
प्रमद्वरा इति नाम चक्रेpramadvarā iti nāma cakregave her the name Pramadvara
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This chapter continues the lineage of Bhrigu and opens the moving story of Ruru. Notable here is the compassion of the sage Sthulakesha, 'devoted to the welfare of all beings,' who takes in and raises an abandoned child as his own. Scripture thus displays the ideal of mercy (daya) as the foundation of righteousness: to lift up the helpless and give shelter to the forsaken. Pramadvara, born of celestial parents yet abandoned by them, finds a true father in the ascetic — an image of how spiritual kinship surpasses kinship of the flesh, and how, under the shelter of a saint, even a forsaken soul flourishes. Menaka, who abandons her child for the sake of her celestial affairs, embodies the carelessness of worldly pleasure; Sthulakesha, who takes up the burden of care, embodies the responsibility of dharma. Here it is revealed that every soul left in the 'solitude' of the material world finds refuge and growth only under the care of a saint, within an abode of devotion. The beauty and virtues of Pramadvara are the fruit not only of her celestial origin, but of her upbringing in a holy hermitage.