Shloka 36

Āścarya-kathana: Brāhmaṇa–Nāga Dialogue on Sūrya (Vivasvat) and the ‘Second Sun’ Phenomenon

Devanagari script

धर्मप्रतिष्ठाहेतोश्व मनुं स्वारोचिषं ततः । अध्यापयामास तदा लोकानां हितकाम्यया,फिर इस धर्मकी प्रतिष्ठाके लिये समस्त लोकोंके हितकी कामनासे उन्होंने स्वारोचिषमनुको उस समय इस धर्मका उपदेश किया

Transliteration

dharmapratiṣṭhāhetoś ca manuṃ svārociṣaṃ tataḥ | adhyāpayāmāsa tadā lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: And then, for the very purpose of firmly establishing dharma, he instructed Svarociṣa Manu at that time—out of a wish for the welfare of all the worlds.

Word by Word

धर्मप्रतिष्ठा-हेतोःfor the sake/cause of establishing dharma

चand

मनुम्Manu

स्वारोचिषम्Savarṇi/Svārociṣa (as an epithet of Manu)

ततःthen/thereafter

अध्यापयामासtaught / caused to be taught

तदाat that time

लोकानाम्of the worlds/of the people

हितकाम्ययाwith the desire for welfare (of others)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Svarociṣa Manu

dharma

lokāḥ (the worlds/people)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Dharma should be deliberately established and preserved through instruction, motivated not by private gain but by the intention to secure the welfare (hita) of all beings and all worlds.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator Vaiśampāyana reports that a revered teacher/authority (implied by context) instructs Svarociṣa Manu in dharma, presenting this transmission as a purposeful act meant to ground dharma firmly in the world for universal benefit.