Shloka 57
Adhyaya 76 — Hymn to the Goddess
साम्प्रतं वर्तते योऽयं नाम्ना वैवस्वतो मनुः ।
सप्तमीयेऽन्तरे तस्य देवाद्यास्तान् शृणुष्व मे ॥
sāmprataṃ vartate yo 'yaṃ nāmnā vaivasvato manuḥ / saptamīye 'ntare tasya devādyās tān śṛṇuṣva me
Now the Manu who is current is named Vaivasvata. In his seventh interval (Manvantara), hear from me of the gods and the other constituents of that Manvantara.
FAQs
The ‘present Manu’ claim situates listeners inside a living sacred chronology, implying that dharma is not merely ancient history but the current operating order.
Manvantara: explicit introduction to the 7th manvantara and its standard components (devas, etc.).
Calling the current cycle by name (Vaivasvata) is a cosmological ‘address’—a way of locating the self within vast time, encouraging humility and dharmic alignment.