Shloka 9
Adhyaya 73 — The Uttama Manvantara: Classes of Devas, Indra Sushanti, and the Royal Lineage
शुशान्तिर्देवराट् कान्तः शुशान्तिं स प्रयच्छति ।
सहितः शिवसत्याद्यैस्तथैव वशवर्तिभिः ॥
śuśāntir devarāṭ kāntaḥ śuśāntiṃ sa prayacchati | sahitaḥ śivasatyādyais tathaiva vaśavartibhiḥ ||
देवांचा प्रिय अधिपती सुशान्ति निश्चयच ‘सुशान्ति’ (उत्तम शांती) प्रदान करतो—शिव, सत्य इत्यादी गणांसह, तसेच वसूंअधीन असणाऱ्यांसहही.
FAQs
Peace is framed as an active gift of righteous rule: the devarāṭ’s function is not merely victory but the maintenance of tranquility through coordinated divine agencies.
Manvantara: cataloguing the governing deities and their cooperative groups is a hallmark of Manvantara narration.
The wordplay of ‘Suśānti grants suśānti’ encodes identity between office and function: the ruler’s true nature is the quality he stabilizes in the cosmos.