Shloka 13
Adhyaya 50 — Mind-Born Progeny, Svayambhuva Manu’s Lineage, and Brahmā’s Ordinance to Duḥsaha (Alakṣmī’s Retinue)
ततो ब्रह्मात्मसम्भूतं पूर्वं स्वायम्भुवं प्रभुः ।
आत्मनः सदृशं कृत्वा प्रजापालो मनुं द्विज ॥
tato brahmātmasambhūtaṃ pūrvaṃ svāyambhuvaṃ prabhuḥ | ātmanaḥ sadṛśaṃ kṛtvā prajāpālo manuṃ dvija ||
បន្ទាប់មក ព្រះអម្ចាស់បានបង្កើត ស្វាយម្ភូវ មនុ (Svāyambhuva Manu) ដែលកើតពីខ្លួនឯងរបស់ព្រះព្រហ្មា ហើយបានធ្វើឲ្យគាត់ស្រដៀងនឹងព្រះអង្គ—មនុ អ្នកការពារ និងជាម្ចាស់នៃសត្វលោកទាំងអស់ ឱ ព្រះទ្វិជ។
FAQs
Political authority (Manu as prajāpāla) is sacralized as a duty to protect and sustain beings. The ideal ruler mirrors cosmic order rather than personal whim.
Manvantara: explicit introduction of the Manu who governs a cycle; also Vaṃśa as the root of human royal lineages.
‘Made similar to himself’ indicates delegated sovereignty: the cosmic mind externalizes governance into a representative principle (Manu) who embodies law (dharma) in time.