Adhyaya 72 — The Reconciliation Rite, Sarasvati Sacrifice, and the Birth of Uttama Manu (Auttama Manvantara Prelude)
ब्राह्मण उवाच भूप ! सारस्वतीमिष्टिं करोमि वचनात्तव ।
पत्नी तवेयमानृण्यं यातु तद्वाक्प्रवर्तनात् ॥
brāhmaṇa uvāca bhūpa! sārasvatīm iṣṭiṃ karomi vacanāt tava | patnī taveyam ānṛṇyaṃ yātu tadvākpravartanāt ||
Der Brahmane sprach: „O König, auf dein Wort hin werde ich eine Sarasvatī-iṣṭi vollziehen. Durch das Ingangsetzen ihrer Rede möge diese deine Gemahlin von Schuld/Verpflichtung, die zu begleichen war, frei werden.“
Wrong done ‘through’ someone creates a moral residue; restoring the victim (speech) also restores the agent’s ethical balance (ānṛṇya).
Ritual-ācāra material within narrative; not sarga/pratisarga/vaṃśa/manvantara.
Sarasvatī-iṣṭi implies that speech is not merely biological but sacred; mantra and offering re-open vāg as a channel of śakti and truth.