Shloka 40
Adhyaya 72 — The Reconciliation Rite, Sarasvati Sacrifice, and the Birth of Uttama Manu (Auttama Manvantara Prelude)
उत्तमाख्यानमखिलं जन्म चैवोत्तमस्य च ।
नित्यं शृणोति विद्वेषं स कदाचिन्न गच्छति ॥
uttamākhyānam akhilaṃ janma caivottamasya ca / nityaṃ śṛṇoti vidveṣaṃ sa kadācin na gacchati
ಯಾರು ಸದಾ ಉತ್ತಮನ ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣ ಆಖ್ಯಾನವನ್ನೂ, ಔತ್ತಮನ ಜನ್ಮವೃತ್ತಾಂತವನ್ನೂ ಕೇಳುತ್ತಾನೋ, ಅವನಿಗೆ ಯಾವ ಕಾಲದಲ್ಲೂ ದ್ವೇಷ ಉಂಟಾಗುವುದಿಲ್ಲ.
FAQs
Regular śravaṇa (listening) to dharmic-cosmic histories is presented as a remedy for inner hostility. The ethical claim is psychological: noble narratives habituate the mind away from envy and enmity.
Manvantara (with an attached phalaśruti): the manvantara-account is framed not only as cosmology but as a dharma-practice through hearing.
‘Hatred does not arise’ can be read as the pacification of dvandvas (inner opposites). Cosmic-cycle contemplation reorients the ego from personal grievance to a larger order (ṛta/dharma).