Shloka 50
Śakuntalā-Janma-Nāmakaraṇa (Birth and Naming of Śakuntalā) | शकुन्तला-जन्म-नामकरणम्
दौ पुत्री ब्रह्मणस्त्वन्यौ ययोस्तिष्ठति लक्षणम् । लोके धाता विधाता च यौ स्थितौ मनुना सह,ब्रह्माजीके दो पुत्र और थे, जिनका धारण-पोषण और सृष्टिरूप लक्षण लोकमें सदा ही उपलब्ध होता है। उनके नाम हैं धाता और विधाता। ये मनुके साथ रहते हैं
dve putryau brahmaṇas tv anyau yayos tiṣṭhati lakṣaṇam | loke dhātā vidhātā ca yau sthitau manunā saha ||
वैशंपायन म्हणाले—ब्रह्मदेवाचे आणखी दोन पुत्र होते; ज्यांचे लक्षण लोकात सदैव दिसते—धाता आणि विधाता. ते मनूसह स्थित असतात.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights that cosmic order is not abstract: it is embodied in named principles—Dhātā (sustaining/supporting) and Vidhātā (arranging/ordaining). Their ‘lakṣaṇa’ is visible in the world as the ongoing maintenance and structuring of creation, implying that dharma includes preservation and right ordering.
Vaiśampāyana continues a genealogical-cosmic account, stating that Brahmā had two additional sons, Dhātā and Vidhātā, whose functions are manifest in the world, and that they dwell together with Manu, linking cosmic administration with the progenitor of mankind.