Shloka 53
Adhyaya 76 — The Sixth Manvantara: Cakshusha Manu, the Child-Snatcher, and the Problem of Kinship
शतं क्रतूनामाहृत्य यस्तेषामधिपोऽभवत् ।
मनोजवस्तथैवेन्द्रः संख्यातो यज्ञभागभुक् ॥
śataṃ kratūnām āhṛtya yas teṣām adhipo 'bhavat / manojavas tathaivendraḥ saṃkhyāto yajñabhāgabhuk
स शतं यज्ञान् समाप्य तेषां प्रभुरभवत्। स इन्द्रः मनोजव इति ख्यातः, यज्ञभागभुक्।
FAQs
Purāṇic authority is tied to dharmic merit: the ‘hundred sacrifices’ motif links sovereignty to sustained ritual order and responsibility, not mere power.
Manvantara: it enumerates the Indra of a given manvantara and his defining mark.
Indra as ‘yajña-bhāga-bhuk’ reflects the principle that offerings sustain cosmic reciprocity; ‘Manojava’ suggests the subtle speed of divine governance—mind-like immediacy.