Shloka 8
Adhyaya 80 — Vaivasvata Manvantara: Enumeration of Manus and the Eighth Manu Sāvarṇi
सुराणाममिताभानां तृतीयमपि मे शृणु ।
दमो दान्तो ऋतः सोमो वित्ताद्याश्चैव विंशतिः ॥
surāṇām amitābhānāṃ tṛtīyam api me śṛṇu / damo dānto ṛtaḥ somo vittādyāś caiva viṃśatiḥ
ចូរស្តាប់ពីខ្ញុំផង នូវក្រុមទីបីនៃទេវតា គឺ អមិតាភាសៈ៖ ដមៈ ដាន្តៈ ឥតៈ សោមៈ វិត្តៈ និងអ្នកដទៃទៀត បំពេញជាម្ភៃ។
FAQs
By naming devas as ‘Dama’ (restraint) and ‘Dānta’ (disciplined), the text frames virtue not merely as human ethics but as cosmic power—self-control is a sustaining force of an age.
Manvantara: the verse continues the standard manvantara template—deva-gaṇas and their members.
The Amitābhās (‘immeasurable radiance’) are paired with restraint and ṛta, suggesting that true ‘radiance’ is inner governance—illumination arising from disciplined alignment with cosmic order.