Shloka 40
Adhyaya 53 — Rudrasarga and the Measure of the Manvantaras: Svayambhuva Manu, Priyavrata’s Line, and the Seven Dvipas
तपस्तेपे महाभागः पुलहाश्रमसंश्रयः ।
हिमाह्विं दक्षिणं वर्षं भरताय पिता ददौ ॥
tapas tepe mahābhāgaḥ pulahāśramasaṃśrayaḥ |
himāhviṃ dakṣiṇaṃ varṣaṃ bharatāya pitā dadau ||
Dengan berlindung di pertapaan Pulaha, insan yang bertuah itu menjalankan tapa-brata. Ayahandanya menganugerahkan kepada Bharata wilayah selatan yang dinamai Himāhva.
FAQs
The verse juxtaposes worldly allotment (a father granting territory) with ascetic merit (tapas at a ṛṣi’s āśrama), underscoring the Purāṇic ideal that rulership and renunciation can be sequential duties within a righteous life.
Primarily Manvantara and Vaṃśānucarita: it belongs to the dynastic account within a Manu-period narrative, linking regions (varṣas) to ancestral rulers.
‘South’ and ‘Himā-’ imagery can be read symbolically as the descent of sovereignty into the manifest world, while the āśrama setting points to tapas as the inner foundation that legitimizes outer authority.