Shloka 53

Adhyaya 76 — The Sixth Manvantara: Cakshusha Manu, the Child-Snatcher, and the Problem of Kinship

Sanskrit

शतं क्रतूनामाहृत्य यस्तेषामधिपोऽभवत् ।

मनोजवस्तथैवेन्द्रः संख्यातो यज्ञभागभुक् ॥

Transliteration

śataṃ kratūnām āhṛtya yas teṣām adhipo 'bhavat / manojavas tathaivendraḥ saṃkhyāto yajñabhāgabhuk

Translation

百の供犠を成し遂げて、彼は彼らの主となった。そのインドラは「マノージャヴァ（Manojava）」、すなわち供犠の分け前を享受する者として知られた。

Speakers

• Narrator (Mārkaṇḍeya) within the ongoing manvantara account

Primary Deities

• Indra

Key Themes

• Cosmology
• Ritual economy (yajña)
• Divine kingship (Indra)
• Manvantara chronology