Shloka 16
Adhyaya 73 — The Uttama Manvantara: Classes of Devas, Indra Sushanti, and the Royal Lineage
अतीन्द्रियमशेषाणां मनूनाञ्चरितं तथा ।
तथा जन्मापि विज्ञेयं प्रभावश्च महात्मनाम् ॥
atīndriyam aśeṣāṇāṃ manūnāṃ caritaṃ tathā / tathā janmāpi vijñeyaṃ prabhāvaś ca mahātmanām
إن مآثر جميع المانو تتجاوز نطاق الحواس. وكذلك ينبغي أن يُفهم ميلاد العظماء ذوي النفوس السامية وقوتهم الخارقة (تأثيرهم).
FAQs
Purāṇic history is not merely empirical record; it conveys dharma through exemplary lives. The verse cautions that the full scope of cosmic administrators (Manus) and the true stature of mahātmas cannot be measured by ordinary perception; they are to be grasped through śāstra, tradition, and their dharmic outcomes.
Primarily Manvantara (accounts of Manus and their periods) and, secondarily, Vaṃśānucarita (dynastic/biographical narratives of eminent figures).
‘Beyond the senses’ suggests that cosmic order (ṛta/dharma) operates through subtle causality: merit, tapas, and divine ordinance. The ‘birth’ of a mahātma is read as a manifestation of accumulated tapas and divine purpose, not merely biological origin.