Shloka 6
Adhyaya 79 — The Vaivasvata Manvantara: Classes of Devas, the Seven Sages, and Manu’s Nine Sons
मघवन्तो वृषाः सर्वे शृङ्गिणो गजगामिनः ।
ते शतक्रतवः सर्वे भूताभिभवतेजसः ॥
maghavanto vṛṣāḥ sarve śṛṅgiṇo gaja-gāminaḥ | te śatakratavaḥ sarve bhūtābhibhava-tejasaḥ ||
Mereka semua adalah Maghavan—laksana banteng, bertanduk, bergerak dengan langkah gajah. Mereka semua adalah Śatakratu, bercahaya gemilang yang mengatasi makhluk.
FAQs
Tejas (radiant power) is portrayed as the fruit of sustained yajña and disciplined strength; the ideal ruler’s power is earned through right practice, not merely inherited.
Manvantara: continued profiling of the Indra-role; also hints at yajña-centered order, a recurring Purāṇic marker of an age’s stability.
Animal metaphors (bull, elephant) indicate grounded, steady power; ‘Śatakratu’ points to repeated inner offerings—spiritual practice accumulating into an invincible luminosity (tejas).