Shloka 10
Adhyaya 53 — The Great Flood
यच्च तेषामभूत् क्षेत्रं तत्पुत्राणां महात्मनाम् ।
मनोः स्वायम्भुवस्यासन् दश पुत्रास्तु तत्समाः ॥
yacca teṣām abhūt kṣetraṃ tatputrāṇāṃ mahātmanām |
manoḥ svāyambhuvasyāsan daśa putrās tu tatsamāḥ ||
જે મહાત્મા પુત્રોનું જે જે ક્ષેત્ર હતું, તેમ જ સમાન કાયાપ્રમાણ ધરાવતા સ્વાયંભુવ મનુના પણ દસ પુત્રો હતા।
FAQs
Legitimate rule is presented as orderly succession: territories and authority are transmitted through righteous lineages, emphasizing continuity of dharma through progeny and governance.
Primarily Manvantara (accounts of Manus and their lines) and Vaṃśa/Vaṃśānucarita (dynastic genealogy and the deeds/standing of descendants).
‘Kṣetra’ can be read symbolically as the field of embodied experience (dharma-kṣetra): the text frames cosmic order as mirrored in social/political order—inheritance of duty as much as inheritance of land.