Adhyaya 76 — The Sixth Manvantara: Cakshusha Manu, the Child-Snatcher, and the Problem of Kinship
य इदं कीर्तयेद्धीमान् चाक्षुषस्यान्तरं भुवि ।
शृणुते च लभेत् पुत्रानारोग्यसुखसम्पदम् ॥
ya idaṃ kīrtayed dhīmān cākṣuṣasyāntaraṃ bhuvi / śṛṇute ca labhet putrān ārogyasukhasampadam
ਜੋ ਗਿਆਨੀ ਮਨੁੱਖ ਧਰਤੀ ਉੱਤੇ ਚਾਕ੍ਸ਼ੁਸ਼ ਮਨਵੰਤਰ ਦੀ ਇਹ ਕਥਾ ਪਾਠ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਜੋ ਇਸ ਨੂੰ ਸੁਣਦਾ ਹੈ, ਉਹ ਪੁੱਤਰ-ਲਾਭ ਅਤੇ ਆਰੋਗਤਾ ਤੇ ਸੁਖ-ਸਮ੍ਰਿੱਧੀ ਦਾ ਧਨ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ।
Knowledge transmission (listening/reciting) is treated as dharmic action with tangible fruits—affirming śravaṇa and kīrtana as legitimate religious disciplines.
Manvantara (with attached phalaśruti): the manvantara narrative is sacralized by stating benefits of its recitation.
‘Sons, health, happiness’ represent continuity, vitality, and contentment—three markers of an ordered life; the text implies cosmic order internalized yields personal order.