Shloka 50

Adhyaya 76 — The Sixth Manvantara: Cakshusha Manu, the Child-Snatcher, and the Problem of Kinship

Sanskrit

प्रख्यातबलवीर्याणां प्रभामण्डलदुर्दृशाम् ।

द्वितीयश्च प्रसूताख्यो देवानामष्टको गणः ॥

Transliteration

prakhyātabalavīryāṇāṃ prabhāmaṇḍaladurdṛśām / dvitīyaś ca prasūtākhyo devānām aṣṭako gaṇaḥ

Translation

Berühmt an Kraft und Stärke und schwer anzuschauen wegen ihrer Strahlenkränze, gibt es auch eine zweite Gruppe von acht Göttern, genannt Prasūta.

Word by Word

• prakhyāta-bala-vīryāṇām: of those whose strength and valor are renowned
• prakhyāta-bala-vīryāṇām: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prakhyāta (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + bala (प्रातिपदिक) + vīrya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.)/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.) (समूह-सम्बन्धे), षष्ठी विभक्ति (genitive), बहुवचन (pl.); बहुपद-तत्पुरुष: ‘प्रख्यातं बलं वीर्यं च येषाम्’

• prabhā-maṇḍala-durdṛśām: hard to behold because of their radiant halos
• prabhā-maṇḍala-durdṛśām: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prabhā (प्रातिपदिक) + maṇḍala (प्रातिपदिक) + durdṛśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.)/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), षष्ठी विभक्ति, बहुवचन (pl.); तत्पुरुष: ‘प्रभामण्डलेन दुर्दृशाः’ (hard to look at due to radiant aura)

• dvitīyaḥ: the second
• dvitīyaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvitīya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा, एकवचन (sg.); विशेषण to ‘aṣṭakaḥ/gaṇaḥ’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• prasūta-ākhyaḥ: named ‘Prasūta’
• prasūta-ākhyaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prasūta (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + ākhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा, एकवचन (sg.); विशेषण to ‘aṣṭakaḥ/gaṇaḥ’; अर्थ: ‘प्रसूत इति आख्यः’

• devānām: of the gods
• devānām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), षष्ठी विभक्ति (genitive), बहुवचन (pl.)

• aṣṭakaḥ: group of eight
• aṣṭakaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṣṭaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा, एकवचन (sg.)

• gaṇaḥ: troop/class
• gaṇaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा, एकवचन (sg.)

Speakers

• Mārkaṇḍeya narrating

Key Themes

• Deva groups
• Radiance imagery
• Manvantara cosmology

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Divine power is described as both moral function and overwhelming luminosity; the language reminds the listener that cosmic administrators transcend ordinary perception.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Manvantara: continuation of the deva-catalog for the sixth Manu’s period.

What is the esoteric significance?

Radiance (prabhā) points to consciousness/tejas as the substrate of divine agency; ‘hard to behold’ indicates the limits of sensory cognition before subtle realities.