Shloka 51

Adhyaya 76 — The Sixth Manvantara: Cakshusha Manu, the Child-Snatcher, and the Problem of Kinship

Sanskrit

तथैवाष्टक एवाऽन्यो भव्याख्यो देवतागणः ।

चतुर्थश्च गणस्तत्र यूथगाख्यस्तथाष्टकः ॥

Transliteration

tathaivāṣṭaka evānyo bhavyākhyo devatāgaṇaḥ / caturthaś ca gaṇas tatra yūthagākhyas tathāṣṭakaḥ

Translation

ସେହିପରି ‘ଭବ୍ୟ’ ନାମରେ ଆଠ ଦେବତାଙ୍କ ଆଉ ଏକ ଗଣ ଅଛି; ଏବଂ ସେଠାରେ ଆଠଜଣଙ୍କ ଚତୁର୍ଥ ଗଣ ମଧ୍ୟ ଅଛି, ଯାହା ‘ୟୂଥଗ’ ନାମରେ ପରିଚିତ।

Word by Word

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• aṣṭakaḥ: a group of eight
• aṣṭakaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṣṭaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा, एकवचन (sg.)

• eva: just/indeed
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (particle)

• anyaḥ: another
• anyaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा, एकवचन (sg.); विशेषण to ‘aṣṭakaḥ/devatāgaṇaḥ’

• bhavya-ākhyaḥ: named ‘Bhavya’
• bhavya-ākhyaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhavya (प्रातिपदिक) + ākhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा, एकवचन (sg.); अर्थ: ‘भव्य इति आख्यः’

• devatā-gaṇaḥ: a troop of deities
• devatā-gaṇaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devatā (प्रातिपदिक) + gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा, एकवचन (sg.); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘देवताः (देवाः) तेषां गणः’

• caturthaḥ: the fourth
• caturthaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: caturtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा, एकवचन (sg.); विशेषण to ‘gaṇaḥ/aṣṭakaḥ’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• gaṇaḥ: troop
• gaṇaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा, एकवचन (sg.)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• yūthaga-ākhyaḥ: named ‘Yūthaga’
• yūthaga-ākhyaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yūthaga (प्रातिपदिक) + ākhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा, एकवचन (sg.); अर्थ: ‘यूथग इति आख्यः’

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• aṣṭakaḥ: group of eight
• aṣṭakaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṣṭaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा, एकवचन (sg.)

Speakers

• Mārkaṇḍeya narrating

Key Themes

• Deva classification
• Cosmic administration
• Manvantara lists

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Purāṇic cosmology emphasizes structured plurality: divine order is distributed across many cohorts, suggesting cooperative governance rather than a single monolithic agency.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Manvantara: this is the standard enumerative component describing the deva-structure in a given Manu’s epoch.

What is the esoteric significance?

The repeated ‘aṣṭaka’ pattern can be read as a symbolic insistence on completeness and balance—cosmic functions arranged into stable sets within each cycle.