Shloka 44
Adhyaya 76 — The Sixth Manvantara: Cakshusha Manu, the Child-Snatcher, and the Problem of Kinship
भवता मनुना भाव्यं षष्ठेन व्रज तत्कुरु ।
अलन्ते तपसा तस्मिन् कृते मुक्तिमवाप्स्यसि ॥
bhavatā manunā bhāvyaṃ ṣaṣṭhena vraja tat kuru / alante tapasā tasmin kṛte muktim avāpsyasi
तुम्हें छठा मनु बनना है—जाओ और उस धर्म-कर्तव्य का पालन करो। तुम्हारा तप पर्याप्त है; वह कार्य पूर्ण होने पर तुम मोक्ष प्राप्त करोगे।
FAQs
The text balances renunciation with responsibility: even a liberation-seeker may be directed to fulfill a world-sustaining role; completion of ordained duty can itself culminate in moksha.
Directly manvantara: it establishes the succession and identification of the sixth Manu, a core purāṇic chronological element.
The ‘office of Manu’ symbolizes governance of mind/order; liberation is not escapism but the fruit of harmonizing inner tapas with outer dharma.