Shloka 32
Adhyaya 72 — The Reconciliation Rite, Sarasvati Sacrifice, and the Birth of Uttama Manu (Auttama Manvantara Prelude)
सर्वार्थशास्त्रतत्त्वज्ञो धर्मानुष्ठानतत्परः ।
मन्वन्तरेश्वरॊ धीमान् ! भविष्यति स वै मनुः ॥
sarvārthaśāstra-tattvajño dharmānuṣṭhāna-tatparaḥ | manvantareśvaro dhīmān! bhaviṣyati sa vai manuḥ ||
সে মানবজীবনের পুরুষার্থ-সম্পর্কিত সকল শাস্ত্রের তত্ত্ব জানবে; ধর্মাচরণে নিবিষ্ট থাকবে। জ্ঞানী হয়ে সে এক মন্বন্তরের অধিপতি হবে—সে-ই মনু হবে।
FAQs
The ideal epochal ruler (Manu) is defined not by birth alone but by wisdom and commitment to dharma—knowledge (śāstra-tattva) must culminate in lived observance (anuṣṭhāna).
Directly Manvantara (description of a Manu as presider of an age), embedded within Vaṃśānucarita narrative.
Manu represents the archetype of cosmic legislation: when wisdom and dharma converge in a single person, that person becomes the ‘axis’ around which an age (manvantara) is ordered.