Shloka 26
Adhyaya 72 — The Reconciliation Rite, Sarasvati Sacrifice, and the Birth of Uttama Manu (Auttama Manvantara Prelude)
मार्कण्डेय उवाच इष्टिं सारस्वतीं चक्रे तदर्थं स द्विजोत्तमः ।
सारस्वतानि सूक्तानि जजाप च समाहितः ॥
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca iṣṭiṃ sārasvatīṃ cakre tadarthaṃ sa dvijottamaḥ | sārasvatāni sūktāni jajāpa ca samāhitaḥ ||
Mārkaṇḍeya dit : À cette fin, le meilleur des brahmanes accomplit la Sarasvatī-iṣṭi et, l’esprit recueilli, récita les hymnes à Sarasvatī.
FAQs
Right speech is restored by disciplined sacred speech: the healer employs mantra with mental steadiness, showing that intention and method must align.
Ācāra/ritual practice embedded in narrative; outside the five-fold cosmological-genealogical markers.
Reciting Sarasvatī-sūktas is a ‘speech curing speech’ motif: vāg becomes both instrument and goal, reflecting the self-luminous nature of śabda.