Shloka 71

Adhyaya 75 — The Fall and Restoration of Revatī Nakṣatra and the Birth of Raivata Manu

Sanskrit

सुमेधसस्तत्र देवास्तथा भूपतयो द्विज ।

वैकुण्ठश्चामिताभश्च चतुर्दश चतुर्दश ॥

Transliteration

sumedhasas tatra devās tathā bhūpatayo dvija | vaikuṇṭhaś cāmitābhaś ca caturdaśa caturdaśa ||

Translation

ହେ ଦ୍ୱିଜୋତ୍ତମ! ସେଠାରେ ଦେବମାନେ ‘ସୁମେଧସ’ ବୋଲି ପରିଚିତ ଥିଲେ, ଏବଂ ରାଜାମାନେ ମଧ୍ୟ ତେଣୁ। ସେମାନଙ୍କ ମଧ୍ୟରେ ବୈକୁଣ୍ଠ ଓ ଅମିତାଭ—ଏହି ଦୁଇ ଶ୍ରେଣୀ ଚତୁର୍ଦ୍ଦଶ ଓ ଚତୁର୍ଦ୍ଦଶ ସଂଖ୍ୟାରେ କଥିତ।

Word by Word

• सुमेधसः: the wise (ones)
• सुमेधसः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुमेधस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन (असकारान्त-प्रातिपदिक); कर्तृपद

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of place)

• देवाः: gods
• देवाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• तथा: also, likewise
• तथा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय/तुल्यतावाचक (also/likewise)

• भूपतयः: kings
• भूपतयः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूपति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• द्विज: O twice-born (Brahmin)
• द्विज: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; vocative

• वैकुण्ठः: Vaikuṇṭha (name)
• वैकुण्ठः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैकुण्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; नाम (proper noun)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• अमिताभः: Amitābha (name)
• अमिताभः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमिताभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; नाम (proper noun)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• चतुर्दश: fourteen
• चतुर्दश: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्दशन् (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्याशब्दः (numeral used indeclinably here); ‘fourteen’

• चतुर्दश: fourteen
• चतुर्दश: —
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्दशन् (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्याशब्दः (repetition for emphasis/parallelism)

Speakers

• Markandeya speaking

Primary Deities

• Vaikuṇṭha
• Amitābha

Key Themes

• Cosmology
• Deva-gaṇa taxonomy
• Manvantara enumeration

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The Purāṇa frames time as structured and knowable: each epoch has named collectives and fixed counts, emphasizing order (ṛta/dharma) rather than randomness in cosmic history.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Manvantara: listing the deva-gaṇas and their numbers is part of the manvantara profile, alongside Indra and saptarṣis.

What is the esoteric significance?

Numbering (caturdaśa) functions as a mnemonic-cosmological code: the epoch is mapped through repeatable templates, suggesting cyclical recurrence with distinct names.