Shloka 22
Adhyaya 9 — Lineage of Manus
प्रत्युवाच च विश्वेशास्तावुभावतिको पितौ ।
युद्धं वा विरमत् वेतल्लोकाः स्वास्थ्यं व्रजन्तु च ॥
pratyuvāca ca viśveśas tāv ubhāv ati-kopitau /
yuddhaṃ vā viramatv etal lokāḥ svāsthyaṃ vrajantu ca
मग विश्वेश्वराने त्या अतिशय क्रुद्ध दोघांना म्हटले—“हा संग्राम थांबो, जेणेकरून लोक पुन्हा कल्याणास येतील।”
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FAQs
The highest dharma in governance is loka-saṃgraha—preventing harm to the many. Even justified conflict must be restrained when it destroys the common good.
Falls under didactic narrative rather than formal pañcalakṣaṇa. It exemplifies Purāṇic instruction through story: cosmic authorities uphold order by curbing adharma.
The ‘Lord of the universe’ voice is the inner regulator (buddhi/ṛta) commanding the raging dualities to subside so the ‘worlds’ (sense-fields, inner realms) regain equilibrium.