Adhyaya 72 — The Reconciliation Rite, Sarasvati Sacrifice, and the Birth of Uttama Manu (Auttama Manvantara Prelude)
यदारोपितमैत्रीन्ताममন্যत महामुनिः । स्वभर्तरि तदा विप्रस्तमुवाच नराधिपम् ॥
yadāropitamaitrīṃ tāṃ mamanyata mahāmuniḥ / svabhartari tadā vipras tam uvāca narādhipam
महर्षिः तस्याः पतौ स्नेहः स्थापित इति सम्यग् विचार्य, ततः स ब्राह्मणः राजानं प्रति वचनम् अवदत्।
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Maitrī is treated as a cultivable disposition; the narrative emphasizes intentional formation of virtuous affect within dhārmic bonds.
Upākhyāna; ethical teaching through story rather than formal cosmology or dynastic history.
‘Implanting maitrī’ suggests samskāra-transformation: ritual as a means to re-pattern subtle tendencies and relational karma.