Shloka 45
Adhyaya 76 — The Sixth Manvantara: Cakshusha Manu, the Child-Snatcher, and the Problem of Kinship
मार्कण्डेय उवाच इत्युक्तो ब्रह्मणा सोऽपि तथेत्युक्त्वा महामतिः ।
तत्कर्माभिमुखो यातस्तपसो विरराम ह ॥
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca ityukto brahmaṇā so 'pi tathetyuktvā mahāmatiḥ / tatkarmābhimukho yātas tapaso virarāma ha
मार्कण्डेय उवाच—एवं ब्रह्मणा सम्बोधितः स महामना “एवमस्तु” इति प्रत्युवाच; नियतं कर्माभिमुखो भूत्वा तपः परित्यज्य तस्थौ।
FAQs
Spiritual maturity includes readiness to redirect one’s practice when higher dharma calls; tapas is not rejected but integrated into service.
Narrative glue within manvantara: it moves from appointment to the functioning historical/cosmic account of that Manu’s period.
The ‘turning toward karma’ signifies a yogic pivot from inward heat to outward order—still guided by the same pursuit of liberation.