Shloka 46
Adhyaya 76 — The Sixth Manvantara: Cakshusha Manu, the Child-Snatcher, and the Problem of Kinship
चाक्षुषेत्याह तं ब्रह्मा तपसो विनिवर्तयन् ।
पूर्वनाम्ना बभूवाथ प्रख्यातश्चाक्षुषो मनुः ॥
cākṣuṣetyāha taṃ brahmā tapaso vinivartayan / pūrvanāmnā babhūvātha prakhyātaś cākṣuṣo manuḥ
ولمّا صُرِفَ عن النسك، خاطبه براهما باسم «تشاكشوشا (Cākṣuṣa)»؛ ومن ثمّ اشتهر بعد ذلك، بذلك الاسم السابق، بوصفه «تشاكشوشا مانو».
FAQs
Identity in Purāṇic cosmology is role-based: a being is ‘named’ into office, indicating that cosmic function and moral authority are conferred, not self-assumed.
Manvantara: it formally identifies the Manu whose period will now be described.
‘Cākṣuṣa’ (connected with sight/eye) can be read symbolically: the Manu is the ‘seer’ of order—one who oversees the visible arrangement of dharma in a cycle.