Shloka 3
Adhyaya 80 — Vaivasvata Manvantara: Enumeration of Manus and the Eighth Manu Sāvarṇi
मार्कण्डेय उवाच कथितस्तव सावर्णिश्छायासंज्ञासुतश्च यः ।
पूर्वजस्य मनोस्तुल्यः स मनुर्भविताष्टमः ॥
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca kathitas tava sāvarṇiś chāyāsaṃjñāsutaś ca yaḥ |
pūrvajasya manos tulyaḥ sa manur bhavitāṣṭamaḥ ||
মার্কণ্ডেয় বললেন—সাবর্ণি, যিনি ছায়া ও সংজ্ঞার পুত্র, তোমাকে পূর্বেই বলা হয়েছে। তিনি পূর্বতন মনুর সমান হয়ে অষ্টম মনু হবেন।
FAQs
The succession of Manus conveys that righteous governance is not accidental but cyclically restored; ‘equal to the earlier Manu’ signals an ideal of continuity in dharmic standards across eras.
Manvantara: direct identification of the next Manu (8th) and his lineage marker, setting up the era’s administration details.
The pairing of Chāyā (shadow) and Saṃjñā (consciousness/name) in lineage language can be read symbolically as the integration of latent and manifest aspects that generate a new cosmic administrator (Manu).