Shloka 11

Adhyaya 72 — The Reconciliation Rite, Sarasvati Sacrifice, and the Birth of Uttama Manu (Auttama Manvantara Prelude)

Sanskrit

मार्कण्डेय उवाच इत्युक्तः स तु सम्भारानशेषानवनिपतिः । आनिनाय चकारेष्टिं स च तां द्विजसत्तमः ॥

Transliteration

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca ity uktaḥ sa tu sambhārān aśeṣān avanipatiḥ / ānināya cakāreṣṭiṃ sa ca tāṃ dvijasattamaḥ

Translation

Mārkaṇḍeya sprach: So angesprochen brachte der König alle erforderlichen Materialien herbei. Und jener Beste der Zweimalgeborenen vollzog die iṣṭi (Opferritus).

Speakers

• Mārkaṇḍeya as narrator

Key Themes

• Ritual procedure
• Kingly duty (supporting dharma through yajña)
• Narrative progression