Shloka 25
Adhyaya 76 — The Sixth Manvantara: Cakshusha Manu, the Child-Snatcher, and the Problem of Kinship
आनन्द उवाच इयं जनित्री चैत्रस्य विशालग्रामवासिनः ।
विप्राग्र्यबोधपुत्रस्य योऽस्यां जातोऽन्यतो वचम् ॥
ānanda uvāca iyaṃ janitrī caitrasya viśālagrāmavāsinaḥ | viprāgryabodhaputrasya yo 'syāṃ jāto 'nyato vacam ||
आनन्द उवाच— “एषा तु चैत्रस्य जननी, विशालनाम्नि ग्रामे वसति— स च बोधाख्यस्य श्रेष्ठब्राह्मणस्य पुत्रः। कथं तदन्यथा?”
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FAQs
The verse shows how social identity is often constructed from upbringing and community recognition, which may conflict with hidden facts; dharma requires reconciling lived ties with truth.
Again, narrative with light vaṃśa markers (names/lineage) used pedagogically rather than as a dedicated genealogical catalogue.
‘Caitra’ and ‘Ānanda’ can be read as role-names (social persona vs inner self); the tension hints at the layered nature of selfhood: name, lineage, and consciousness.