Shloka 41
Adhyaya 74 — King Svarashtra, the Deer-Queen’s Curse, and the Rise of Tamasa Manu
सोऽपि लोलो महावीर्यः पितृशत्रून् निपात्य वै ।
जित्वा वसुन्धरां कृत्स्नां भविष्यति ततो मनुः ॥
so 'pi lolo mahāvīryaḥ pitṛ-śatrūn nipātya vai / jitvā vasundharāṃ kṛtsnāṃ bhaviṣyati tato manuḥ
وذلك لولو أيضًا، ذو البأس العظيم، سيقتل حقًّا أعداء أبيه؛ وبعد أن يقهر الأرض كلّها، سيغدو بعد ذلك «مانو» (Manu).
FAQs
Kingship is framed as dharmic responsibility: protecting lineage and restoring order by defeating hostile forces, culminating in an exalted role (Manu) that symbolizes law-giving and cosmic governance.
Manvantara and Vamśānucarita: it narrates the rise of a figure who becomes Manu, a defining marker for cosmic epochs and human order.
The conquest of the ‘entire earth’ can be read as mastery over the field of action (kṣetra), suggesting that rightful sovereignty begins with inner and outer ordering before assuming the archetypal role of Manu.