Shloka 29

Devanagari script

एकादशश् च भविता धर्मसावर्णिको मनुः

Transliteration

ekādaśaś ca bhavitā dharmasāvarṇiko manuḥ

Translation

And the eleventh Manu shall be Dharma-sāvarṇika.

Word by Word

• ekādaśaḥ: eleventh
• ekādaśaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekādaśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (eka + daśa = eleven) क्रमवाचक-विशेषणवत्

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• bhavitā: will be
• bhavitā: Kriyā (Predicative/क्रिया-समर्थ)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; लृटर्थे ‘भवितृ’ (future agent noun/परिप्रयोगः), प्रथमा एकवचन पुंलिङ्ग; ‘will be’ अर्थे

• dharmasāvarṇikaḥ: Dharma-Sāvarṇika (name of Manu)
• dharmasāvarṇikaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma-sāvarṇika (प्रातिपदिक; धर्म + सावर्णिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (dharma-sāvarṇika = named Dharma-Sāvarṇika)

• manuḥ: Manu
• manuḥ: Apposition (Samānādhikaraṇa/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: Transition from the tenth to the eleventh Manu in the Manvantara sequence

Teaching: Cosmological

Quality: authoritative

Cosmological Context

Creation Stage: Manvantara

Manvantara: Dharma-savarni (11th)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Manus succeed one another as custodians of dharma, marking the rhythm of cosmic time.

Vedantic Theme: Dharma

Application: Hold fast to dharma through life’s transitions, seeing change as structured rather than chaotic.

Vishishtadvaita: Dharma is not autonomous; it is upheld through divinely instituted order, consistent with a personal Supreme who governs a real world.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Narayana

Bhakti Type: shanta

Characters & Entities

• Dharma-sāvarṇi Manu
• Manu
• Dharma

FAQs

What is the significance of Dharma-sāvarṇi Manu in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse identifies Dharma-sāvarṇi as the eleventh Manu, marking a specific Manvantara in the Purāṇic time-cycle where dharma is upheld through a divinely ordered succession.

How does Sage Parāśara explain the Manvantara sequence here?

Parāśara enumerates the Manus in order; this line continues that list by naming the eleventh Manu, showing that cosmic rule and moral order unfold through structured epochs.

What is the theological importance of Lord Vishnu in this context?

Even when not named in the line, the Manvantara system is presented as Viṣṇu’s sovereign order—time, governance, and dharma operate under his supreme reality and sustaining will.