Shloka 35
Adhyaya 78 — Hymn to Surya and the Distribution of Solar Splendour; Genealogy of Vaivasvata and Chaya’s Line
तस्य वैवस्वतस्याहं मनोः सप्तममन्तरम् ।
कथयामि सुतान्भूपानृषीन्देवान्सुराधिपम् ॥
tasya vaivasvatas yāhaṃ manoḥ saptamam antaram | kathayāmi sutān bhūpān ṛṣīn devān surādhipam ||
अधुना तस्य वैवस्वतमन्वन्तरस्य सप्तमं मन्वन्तरं वक्ष्यामि—तस्य पुत्रान्, राजानः, ऋषीन्, देवान्, देवेन्द्रं च।
FAQs
The verse signals a Purāṇic method: dharma is taught through structured remembrance—lists of rulers, sages, and gods—showing that cosmic and social orders mirror each other.
Manvantara: it explicitly introduces the seventh Manvantara’s roster (devas, ṛṣis, Indra, kings), a classic Purāṇic manvantara-description unit.
The ‘catalog’ form itself is esoteric pedagogy: it trains the mind to see time as patterned cycles rather than linear chaos, supporting a contemplative grasp of cosmic rhythm.