Shloka 56
Adhyaya 74 — King Svarashtra, the Deer-Queen’s Curse, and the Rise of Tamasa Manu
ये देवा यत्पतिर्यश्च देवेन्द्रो ये तथर्षयः ।
ये पुत्राश्च मनोस्तस्य पृथिवीपरिपालकाः ॥
ye devā yatpatiryaśca devendro ye tatharṣayaḥ / ye putrāśca manostasya pṛthivīparipālakāḥ
ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಯಾವ ದೇವರುಗಳು ಇದ್ದರು, ಅವರ ಅಧಿಪತಿ—ಇಂದ್ರನು ಯಾರು, ಯಾವ ಋಷಿಗಳು ಇದ್ದರು; ಮತ್ತು ಆ ಮನುವಿನ ಯಾವ ಪುತ್ರರು ಭೂಮಿಯ ರಕ್ಷಕರಾದರು—ಇವೆಲ್ಲವೂ ವರ್ಣಿಸಲ್ಪಡುವುದು.
FAQs
Dharma in Purāṇas is institutional: each age has appointed cosmic functionaries (devas, Indra, ṛṣis, kings) who collectively sustain order.
Manvantara: it announces the standard Manvantara template—deva-gaṇas, Indra, Saptarṣis, and Manu’s sons (earthly rulers).
The ‘offices’ (Indra, sages, protectors) can be read as archetypal functions within consciousness: governance, illumination, and regulation operating cyclically.