Shloka 6
Adhyaya 73 — The Uttama Manvantara: Classes of Devas, Indra Sushanti, and the Royal Lineage
एते देवगणाः पञ्च स्मृता यज्ञभुजस्तथा ।
मन्वन्तरे मनुश्रेष्ठे सर्वे द्वादशका गणाः ॥
ete devagaṇāḥ pañca smṛtā yajñabhujas tathā | manvantare manuśreṣṭhe sarve dvādaśakā gaṇāḥ ||
Lima kelompok para dewa ini diingat, demikian pula para penerima bagian kurban. Dalam manvantara Manu yang mulia itu, semua kelompok ini disusun menjadi dua belas kelas.
FAQs
Cosmic order is presented as structured and repeatable across epochs: the same sacrificial and divine offices recur in each Manu-era, reinforcing the idea of ṛta (ordered regularity) behind ritual and governance.
Manvantara: it explicitly organizes beings and offices within a particular Manu’s reign, a core purāṇic characteristic.
The “twelvefold grouping” can be read as a symbolic partitioning of cosmic functions (time/space/ritual offices) into complete cycles, suggesting that yajña is the axis by which divine roles are harmonized.