Shloka 6

Adhyaya 79 — The Vaivasvata Manvantara: Classes of Devas, the Seven Sages, and Manu’s Nine Sons

Sanskrit

मघवन्तो वृषाः सर्वे शृङ्गिणो गजगामिनः ।

ते शतक्रतवः सर्वे भूताभिभवतेजसः ॥

Transliteration

maghavanto vṛṣāḥ sarve śṛṅgiṇo gaja-gāminaḥ | te śatakratavaḥ sarve bhūtābhibhava-tejasaḥ ||

Translation

ທຸກອົງເປັນ ມະຄະວັນ (Maghavan)—ດຸດັນດັ່ງງົວຜູ້, ມີເຂົາ, ເຄື່ອນໄຫວດ້ວຍທ່າຍ່າງດັ່ງຊ້າງ. ທຸກອົງເປັນ ສະຕະກຣະຕຸ (Śatakratu), ມີຣັດສະມີອັນຊະນະເຫນືອສັດທັງປວງ.

Word by Word

• मघवन्तः: Maghavans (Indras)
• मघवन्तः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मघवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; इन्द्र-पर्याय (epithet: Maghavan)

• वृषाः: bull-like (strong ones)
• वृषाः: Karta-sāmānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृ-समानाधिकरण/Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; ‘bulls/strong ones’

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• शृङ्गिणः: horned
• शृङ्गिणः: Karta-sāmānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृ-समानाधिकरण/Apposition)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शृङ्गिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; ‘शृङ्ग-युक्ताः’ (horned)

• गज-गामिनः: elephant-gaited
• गज-गामिनः: Karta-sāmānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृ-समानाधिकरण/Apposition)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गज (प्रातिपदिक) + गामिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (determinative): ‘गजवत् गामिनः’ (moving like elephants); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• शत-क्रतवः: Śatakratus (of a hundred rites)
• शत-क्रतवः: Karta-sāmānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृ-समानाधिकरण/Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + क्रतु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (determinative): ‘शतं क्रतवो येषाम्’ इत्यर्थे बहुव्रीह्यर्थ-प्रयोगः; रूपतः पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; इन्द्र-विशेषण (Śatakratu)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• भूत-अभिभव-तेजसः: whose power overcomes beings
• भूत-अभिभव-तेजसः: Karta-sāmānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृ-समानाधिकरण/Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भूत (प्रातिपदिक) + अभिभव (प्रातिपदिक) + तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि: ‘भूतानाम् अभिभवः तेजो येषाम्’ (whose splendor overcomes beings); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

Speakers

• Mārkaṇḍeya

Primary Deities

• Indra (as Maghavan/Śatakratu)

Key Themes

• Manvantara
• Deva iconography
• Yajña
• Royal power and tejas

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Tejas (radiant power) is portrayed as the fruit of sustained yajña and disciplined strength; the ideal ruler’s power is earned through right practice, not merely inherited.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Manvantara: continued profiling of the Indra-role; also hints at yajña-centered order, a recurring Purāṇic marker of an age’s stability.

What is the esoteric significance?

Animal metaphors (bull, elephant) indicate grounded, steady power; ‘Śatakratu’ points to repeated inner offerings—spiritual practice accumulating into an invincible luminosity (tejas).