Shloka 9

मन्वन्तर-क्रमः (अतीत-सप्तमन्वन्तराः) तथा मन्वन्तरावताराः

Devanagari script

अत ऊर्ध्वं प्रवक्ष्यामि मनोः स्वारोचिषस्य तु मन्वन्तराधिपान् सम्यग् देवर्षींस् तत्सुतांस् तथा

Transliteration

ata ūrdhvaṃ pravakṣyāmi manoḥ svārociṣasya tu manvantarādhipān samyag devarṣīṃs tatsutāṃs tathā

Translation

এতিয়া ইয়াৰ পিছত মই স্বাৰোচিষ মনুৰ মন্বন্তৰৰ অধিপতিসকলক যথাযথ ক্ৰমে বৰ্ণনা কৰিম; লগতে দেৱঋষি আৰু সেই যুগত জন্ম হোৱা পুত্ৰসকলৰ কথাও ক্ৰমে ক’ম।

Word by Word

• अतः: thereafter/therefore
• अतः: Discourse connective (सम्बन्धसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेत्वर्थ/अनन्तरार्थ (therefore/thereupon)

• ऊर्ध्वम्: from here onward
• ऊर्ध्वम्: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ऊर्ध्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/क्रमवाचक (henceforth/above)

• प्रवक्ष्यामि: I shall explain
• प्रवक्ष्यामि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + √वच् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मनोः: of Manu
• मनोः: Shashthi-sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• स्वारोचिषस्य: of Svārociṣa
• स्वारोचिषस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वारोचिष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; ‘मनोः’ इत्यस्य विशेषण/सम्बन्ध (of Svārociṣa)

• तु: indeed/now
• तु: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विशेष/विभेदसूचक

• मन्वन्तराधिपान्: rulers/lords of the manvantara
• मन्वन्तराधिपान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्वन्तर (प्रातिपदिक) + अधिप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; ‘मन्वन्तरस्य अधिपाः’

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (properly/correctly)

• देवर्षीन्: divine sages (devarṣis)
• देवर्षीन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; ‘देवानां ऋषयः’/‘देवाः च ऋषयः’ परम्परया देवर्षि-शब्दः

• तत्सुतान्: their sons
• तत्सुतान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; ‘तस्य सुताः’ (their sons)

• तथा: and also
• तथा: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अनुक्रमसूचक

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (speaking to Maitreya)

Characters & Entities

• Svārociṣa Manu
• Manvantara rulers (Manvantarādhipa)
• Devarṣis (divine sages)

FAQs

What is the significance of the Manvantara cycle in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse marks the structured transition into describing a specific Manvantara (Svārociṣa), showing how cosmic time is organized through recurring administrations of Manu, their rulers, sages, and progeny—an ordered sovereignty within Vishnu’s overarching cosmic order.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the administration of a Manvantara?

He presents it systematically: identifying the Manu of that cycle, then enumerating the presiding rulers (adhipas), the divine sages (devarṣis), and the sons—framing governance, spiritual authority, and lineage as interlinked components of dharma in that epoch.

The theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this context?

Even when Vishnu is not named in the verse, the Manvantara order described is traditionally understood as operating under Vishnu’s supreme sovereignty—time cycles, rulers, and sages function within the cosmic law sustained by the Supreme Reality.