Shloka 5
Adhyaya 76 — The Sixth Manvantara: Cakshusha Manu, the Child-Snatcher, and the Problem of Kinship
भीतास्मि किमिदं वत्स ! हासो यद्वदने तव ।
अकालबोधः सञ्जातः कच्चित् पश्यसि शोभनम् ॥
bhītāsmi kim idaṃ vatsa! hāso yad vadane tava / akālabodhaḥ sañjātaḥ kaccit paśyasi śobhanam //
“મને ભય લાગે છે—બાળક, તારા ચહેરા પર આ હાસ્ય શું છે? શું કોઈ અકાળ ઉપદ્રવ ઊભો થયો છે? તું કંઈ અશુભ જોઈ રહ્યો છે?”
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FAQs
The verse portrays how fear and superstition can arise from ignorance; the mother assumes laughter must have an external ominous cause, while the child’s cause is insight.
Didactic narrative (ākhyāna) used to teach dharma and viveka; not directly sarga/pratisarga/manvantara here.
‘Seeing inauspiciousness’ can also mean perceiving the hidden predatory forces in saṃsāra; the child will reveal subtler dangers than the mother imagines.