Shloka 48
Nṛsiṁhadeva Appears from the Pillar and Slays Hiraṇyakaśipu
श्रीमनव ऊचु: मनवो वयं तव निदेशकारिणो दितिजेन देव परिभूतसेतव: । भवता खल: स उपसंहृत: प्रभो करवाम ते किमनुशाधि किङ्करान् ॥ ४८ ॥
śrī-manava ūcuḥ manavo vayaṁ tava nideśa-kāriṇo ditijena deva paribhūta-setavaḥ bhavatā khalaḥ sa upasaṁhṛtaḥ prabho karavāma te kim anuśādhi kiṅkarān
မနုတို့အားလုံး ဆုတောင်းကြသည်—အို သခင်၊ ကျွန်ုပ်တို့ မနုများသည် သခင်၏ အမိန့်ကို ဆောင်ရွက်သူများဖြစ်ပြီး လူ့လောကအတွက် ဥပဒေသတ်မှတ်သူများဖြစ်သည်။ သို့သော် ဒိတိဇ ဟိရဏျကသိပု၏ ယာယီအာဏာကြောင့် ကျွန်ုပ်တို့ ထိန်းသိမ်းထားသော ဝර්ဏာශ්ရမ-ဓမ္မ စည်းကမ်းများ ပျက်စီးခဲ့သည်။ အရှင်၊ သခင်သည် ထိုမကောင်းသူကို သုတ်သင်ပြီးနောက် ယခု ကျွန်ုပ်တို့ မူလအခြေအနေသို့ ပြန်ရောက်ပါပြီ။ သခင်၏ အစေခံများဖြစ်သော ကျွန်ုပ်တို့အား ယခု ဘာလုပ်ရမည်ကို အမိန့်ပေးတော်မူပါ။
In many places in Bhagavad-gītā, the Supreme Lord, Kṛṣṇa, refers to the varṇāśrama-dharma of four varṇas and four āśramas. He teaches people about this varṇāśrama-dharma so that all of human society can live peacefully by observing the principles for the four social divisions and four spiritual divisions ( varṇa and āśrama ) and thus make advancement in spiritual knowledge. The Manus compiled the Manu-saṁhitā. The word saṁhitā means Vedic knowledge, and manu indicates that this knowledge is given by Manu. The Manus are sometimes incarnations of the Supreme Lord and sometimes empowered living entities. Formerly, many long years ago, Lord Kṛṣṇa instructed the sun-god. The Manus are generally sons of the sun-god. Therefore, while speaking to Arjuna about the importance of Bhagavad-gītā, Kṛṣṇa said, imaṁ vivasvate yogaṁ proktavān aham avyayam vivasvān manave prāha: “This instruction was given to Vivasvān, the sun-god, who in turn instructed his son Manu.” Manu gave the law known as Manu-saṁhitā, which is full of directions based on varṇa and āśrama concerning how to live as a human being. These are very scientific ways of life, but under the rule of demons like Hiraṇyakaśipu, human society breaks all these systems of law and order and gradually becomes lower and lower. Thus there is no peace in the world. The conclusion is that if we want real peace and order in the human society, we must follow the principles laid down by the Manu-saṁhitā and confirmed by the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa.
FAQs
This verse shows that when demonic forces violate the ordained boundaries of Dharma, the Lord personally restores order—here by ending the wicked aggressor and re-establishing divine governance.
Because Hiraṇyakaśipu had disrupted the lawful order they administer; once the Lord removed him, the Manus humbly reaffirmed their role as servants and asked for the Lord’s further instruction.
Adopt a mood of humble service—do your duties as an offering, protect ethical boundaries in your life, and seek guidance from scripture and saintly teachers when confusion arises.