Shloka 35
Adhyaya 76 — The Sixth Manvantara: Cakshusha Manu, the Child-Snatcher, and the Problem of Kinship
अतो ब्रवीमि संसारे वसतः को न बान्धवः ।
को वापि सततं बन्धुः किं वो विभ्राम्यते मतिः ॥
ato bravīmi saṃsāre vasataḥ ko na bāndhavaḥ / ko vāpi satataṃ bandhuḥ kiṃ vo vibhrāmyate matiḥ
সেয়ে মই কওঁ—এই সংসাৰত বাস কৰা জনৰ বাবে কোনে (কোনো নহয় কোনো ৰূপে) আত্মীয় নহয়? আৰু কোনে সঁচাকৈ স্থায়ী আত্মীয়? তেন্তে তোমাৰ মন কিয় মোহিত হয়?
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FAQs
The verse reframes kinship as fluid and situational, undermining possessive grief or pride. It encourages discernment: fulfill duties, but do not absolutize relations.
Didactic teaching supporting dharma within narrative; not a direct sarga/manvantara/vaṃśa passage.
By denying an ‘eternal relative’ in the phenomenal realm, the text implicitly points toward the only stable refuge: the inner Self (ātman) or the Absolute (brahman).