Shloka 13
Adhyaya 64 — Kalavati (Vibhavari) Offers Herself and the Padmini Vidya to Svarocisha
मा शुचः सुभ्रु ! भर्ता ते महाभागो भविष्यति । स्वरोचिर्नाम पुत्रश्च मनुस्तस्य भविष्यति ॥
mā śucaḥ subhru | bhartā te mahābhāgo bhaviṣyati | svarocir-nāma putraś ca manus tasya bhaviṣyati ||
मा शोच, हे सुभ्रू; तव पतिः परमयशस्वी भविष्यति, तव च ‘स्वरोचि’ नाम पुत्रो भविष्यति, स मनुर्भविष्यति।
FAQs
Grief is met with a dharmic horizon: suffering is not final, and one’s future can serve a wider cosmic order (a Manu-son). The ethical pivot is patience and trust in righteous unfolding rather than self-destruction.
Manvantara and Vamśānucarita converge here: the personal story is explicitly linked to the institution of Manu, connecting individual fate to cyclical cosmic governance.
The promise of a ‘Manu’ child signifies restoration of ṛta (cosmic order). The Goddess’ word (satya-pratiśravā) functions as a creative decree—speech as śakti that reshapes destiny.