Shloka 36
Adhyaya 49 — Primordial Human Creation, the Rise of Desire, and the Origins of Settlements, Measures, and Agriculture
कृत्रिमं च तथा दुर्गं मित्वा मित्वात्मनोऽङ्गुलैः ।
मानार्थानि प्रमाणानि तास् तु पूर्वं प्रचक्रिरे ॥
kṛtrimaṃ ca tathā durgaṃ mitvā mitvātmano 'ṅgulaiḥ | mānārthāni pramāṇāni tās tu pūrvaṃ pracakrire ||
また同様に、彼らは自らの指を尺度として人工の城砦を測り定め、数量化のために度量の基準（プラマーナ pramāṇa）を初めて定めた。
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FAQs
Measurement and standardization arise with construction, ownership, and defense—tools of order that also reflect a shift from trust in natural provision to controlled management.
Manvantara/yuga social evolution: the emergence of arts, crafts, and institutions within an age’s unfolding.
‘Measuring by one’s own fingers’ suggests the ego making itself the yardstick; as inner harmony declines, reality is increasingly ‘reduced to measure’ and controlled.