Shloka 16
Adhyaya 72 — The Reconciliation Rite, Sarasvati Sacrifice, and the Birth of Uttama Manu (Auttama Manvantara Prelude)
स्मृतस्तेन तदा सद्यः समुपेत्य नराधिपम् । किं करोमीति सोऽप्याह प्रणिपत्य महामुने ॥
smṛtas tena tadā sadyaḥ samupetya narādhipam / kiṃ karomīti so 'py āha praṇipatya mahāmune
Al ser recordado por él, acudió de inmediato ante el rey. Inclinándose en reverencia, dijo también respetuosamente: «¿Qué he de hacer, oh gran sabio?»
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FAQs
The narrative models deference to spiritual authority: power is legitimized when subordinated to dharma and guided by the wise.
Upākhyāna; character-action sequence advancing a moralized plot.
A ‘dark’ being bowing to a sage symbolizes the tamasic being disciplined by sattvic wisdom—instinct and force harnessed to rightful ends.