Shloka 7
Adhyaya 79 — The Vaivasvata Manvantara: Classes of Devas, the Seven Sages, and Manu’s Nine Sons
धर्माद्यैः कारणैः शुद्धैराधिपत्यगुणान्विताः ।
भूतभव्यभवन्नाथाः शृणु चैतत् त्रयं द्विज ॥
dharmādyaiḥ kāraṇaiḥ śuddhair ādhipatyaguṇānvitāḥ |
bhūtabhavyabhavannāthāḥ śṛṇu caitat trayaṃ dvija ||
Doués de souveraineté et de ses qualités, et purifiés par des causes commençant par le dharma—seigneurs du passé, du futur et du présent—écoutez cette triade, ô deux-fois-nés.
FAQs
The verse links rightful lordship (ādhipatya) with purification through dharma and allied virtues—implying that authority is legitimate only when grounded in dharmic causality and moral discipline.
Primarily Manvantara (accounts of Manus and their administrations), with a lead-in to cosmological ordering (aṅga of Sthāna/structure as it introduces a triadic division).
The triad (trayam) and the ‘past–future–present’ lordship gesture toward a totalizing cosmic governance: dharma is presented as the stabilizing principle across time, not merely a social rule.