Shloka 61
Adhyaya 75 — The Fall and Restoration of Revatī Nakṣatra and the Birth of Raivata Manu
कन्योवाच तपस्वी यदि मे तातस् तत् किमृक्षमिदं दिवि ।
समारोप्य विवाहो मे तदृक्षे क्रियते न तु ॥
kanyovāca tapasvī yadi me tātas tat kim ṛkṣam idaṃ divi | samāropya vivāho me tadṛkṣe kriyate na tu ||
La jeune fille dit : «Père, s’il est vraiment un ascète, qu’est donc cet astérisme (ṛkṣa) dans le ciel ? Élève-le (change sa place), afin que mon mariage soit célébré sous cet astérisme.»
FAQs
Ritual life (like marriage) is portrayed as harmonized with cosmic rhythms; yet the text also teaches that higher spiritual power (tapas) can reconcile obstacles without violating dharma’s intent.
Manvantara/Vaṃśa narrative with a cosmological note: it links human rites to celestial order, a typical Purāṇic bridging of social dharma and cosmology.
The ‘raising of the asterism’ symbolizes elevating one’s inner timing (kāla) so that life-events occur under an auspicious, clarified state of consciousness.