Shloka 27
Adhyaya 76 — The Sixth Manvantara: Cakshusha Manu, the Child-Snatcher, and the Problem of Kinship
आनन्द उवाच जातोऽहमवनीन्द्रस्य क्षत्रियस्य गृहे द्विज ।
तत्पत्न्यां गिरिभद्रायामाददे जातहारिणी ॥
ānanda uvāca jāto 'ham avanīndrasya kṣatriyasya gṛhe dvija | tatpatnyāṃ giribhadrāyām ādade jātahāriṇī ||
ആനന്ദൻ പറഞ്ഞു— ഹേ ബ്രാഹ്മണാ, ഞാൻ ഒരു ക്ഷത്രിയരാജാവിന്റെ ഗൃഹത്തിൽ ജനിച്ചു. അവന്റെ ഭാര്യ ഗിരിഭദ്രയുടെ സമീപത്തിൽ നിന്ന് ഒരു ശിശു-അപഹാരിണി സ്ത്രീ എന്നെ അപഹരിച്ചു കൊണ്ടുപോയി.
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FAQs
The verse exposes vulnerability at birth and how adharma (child-stealing) can fracture lineage-based duties, producing ethical ambiguity for the innocent.
Narrative episode with social-dharma implications; not directly sarga/manvantara, though it may support vaṃśānucarita-style storytelling around royal houses.
Abduction at birth symbolizes the jīva’s ‘displacement’ into mistaken identifications; the story sets up a movement from imposed identity back toward truth.