Shloka 58
Adhyaya 76 — The Sixth Manvantara: Cakshusha Manu, the Child-Snatcher, and the Problem of Kinship
य इदं कीर्तयेद्धीमान् चाक्षुषस्यान्तरं भुवि ।
शृणुते च लभेत् पुत्रानारोग्यसुखसम्पदम् ॥
ya idaṃ kīrtayed dhīmān cākṣuṣasyāntaraṃ bhuvi / śṛṇute ca labhet putrān ārogyasukhasampadam
जो बुद्धिमान व्यक्ति पृथ्वी पर चाक्षुष मन्वन्तर का यह वृत्तान्त पढ़ता है, और जो इसे सुनता भी है, वह पुत्र, आरोग्य तथा सुख-समृद्धि का धन प्राप्त करता है।
FAQs
Knowledge transmission (listening/reciting) is treated as dharmic action with tangible fruits—affirming śravaṇa and kīrtana as legitimate religious disciplines.
Manvantara (with attached phalaśruti): the manvantara narrative is sacralized by stating benefits of its recitation.
‘Sons, health, happiness’ represent continuity, vitality, and contentment—three markers of an ordered life; the text implies cosmic order internalized yields personal order.