Shloka 58
Adhyaya 76 — The Sixth Manvantara: Cakshusha Manu, the Child-Snatcher, and the Problem of Kinship
य इदं कीर्तयेद्धीमान् चाक्षुषस्यान्तरं भुवि ।
शृणुते च लभेत् पुत्रानारोग्यसुखसम्पदम् ॥
ya idaṃ kīrtayed dhīmān cākṣuṣasyāntaraṃ bhuvi / śṛṇute ca labhet putrān ārogyasukhasampadam
যে জ্ঞানী ব্যক্তি পৃথিবীতে চাক্ষুষ মন্বন্তরের এই বৃত্তান্ত পাঠ করে এবং যে তা শ্রবণ করে, সে পুত্রলাভ করে এবং আরোগ্য ও সুখ-সমৃদ্ধির ঐশ্বর্য পায়।
FAQs
Knowledge transmission (listening/reciting) is treated as dharmic action with tangible fruits—affirming śravaṇa and kīrtana as legitimate religious disciplines.
Manvantara (with attached phalaśruti): the manvantara narrative is sacralized by stating benefits of its recitation.
‘Sons, health, happiness’ represent continuity, vitality, and contentment—three markers of an ordered life; the text implies cosmic order internalized yields personal order.