Shloka 5
Adhyaya 73 — The Uttama Manvantara: Classes of Devas, Indra Sushanti, and the Royal Lineage
वशवर्तिनः पञ्चमेऽपि देवास्तत्र गणॆ द्विज ।
यथाख्यातस्वरूपास्तु सर्व एव महामुने ॥
vaśavartinaḥ pañcame 'pi devās tatra gaṇe dvija / yathākhyātasvarūpās tu sarva eva mahāmune
И в пятой группе также, о дважды-рожденный, боги были Васавартинами. Все они, о великий риши, воистину обладают природой, соответствующей тому, как о них говорится по имени и преданию.
FAQs
The repeated stress that beings match their declared nature encourages a dharmic ideal: one’s name, role, and conduct should be congruent—integrity as alignment of word and being.
Manvantara: continuing the catalogue of divine groups in the Auttama Manvantara.
‘Vaśavartin’ can be contemplated as mastery over impulses. In inner terms, divine order manifests when powers are ‘under control’ and function according to their true designation.