क्षुवतस्तु मनोर्जज्ञे इक्ष्वाकुर्घ्राणतः सुतः ।
तस्य पुत्रशतज्येष्ठा विकुक्षिनिमिदण्डकाः ॥ ४ ॥
ksuvatah-while sneezing; tu-but; manoh-of Manu; jajne-was born; iksvakuh-by the name Iksvaku; ghranatah-from the nostrils; sutah-the son; tasya-of Iksvaku; putra-sata-one hundred sons; jyesthah-prominent; vikuksi-of the name Vikuksi; nimi-by the name Nimi; dandakah-by the name Dandaka.
The son of
Manu was
Iksvaku. When Manu was sneezing, Iksvaku was born from Manu's nostrils. King Iksvaku had one hundred sons, of whom
Vikuksi,
Nimi and
Dandaka were the most prominent.
According to
Sridhara Svami, although the
Bhagavatam (
9.1.11-12) has previously included
Iksvaku among the ten sons begotten by
Manu in his wife
Sraddha, this was a generalization. It is here specifically explained that Iksvaku was born simply from the sneezing of Manu.