Shloka 47
Adhyaya 76 — The Sixth Manvantara: Cakshusha Manu, the Child-Snatcher, and the Problem of Kinship
उपयेमे विदर्भां स सुतामुग्रस्य भूभृतः ।
तस्याञ्चोत्पादयामास पुत्रान् प्रख्यातविक्रमान् ॥
upayeme vidarbhāṃ sa sutām ugrasya bhūbhṛtaḥ / tasyāṃ cotpādayāmāsa putrān prakhyātavikramān
Er heiratete Vidarbhā, die Tochter des Königs Ugra; und durch sie zeugte er Söhne, berühmt für Tapferkeit und Heldentaten.
FAQs
Purāṇic history ties cosmic cycles to human-like lineage: social order (marriage, progeny) is presented as a vehicle for transmitting dharma across ages.
Manvantara and vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita (dynastic account): it supplies the genealogical scaffolding accompanying a Manu’s era.
The ‘sons of prowess’ motif encodes the idea that each cycle requires fresh energies (śakti in a generic sense) to uphold cosmic and social stability.