मन्वन्तर-क्रमः (अतीत-सप्तमन्वन्तराः) तथा मन्वन्तरावताराः
अंशेन तस्या जज्ञे ऽसौ यज्ञः स्वायंभुवे ऽन्तरे आकूत्यां मानसो देव उत्पन्नः प्रथमे ऽन्तरे
aṃśena tasyā jajñe 'sau yajñaḥ svāyaṃbhuve 'ntare ākūtyāṃ mānaso deva utpannaḥ prathame 'ntare
Aus einem Teil ihrer göttlichen Kraft wurde im Svāyambhuva-Manvantara der Herr Yajña geboren; in Ākūti offenbarte er sich als geistgeborene Gottheit, in eben jenem ersten Zeitalterzyklus.
Sage Parāśara (speaking to Maitreya)
This verse presents Yajña as a divine aṁśa whose manifestation in the first Manvantara upholds cosmic order through the principle of sacrifice (yajña) as dharma.
Parāśara locates the manifestation of Yajña specifically within the Svāyambhuva Manvantara, showing that divine governance appears distinctly in each manvantara-interval to sustain the world.
By describing a deity arising as an aṁśa to regulate the universe through yajña, the passage implies Vishnu’s supreme sovereignty—manifesting in forms that preserve dharma across cosmic cycles.