Shloka 6
Adhyaya 80 — Vaivasvata Manvantara: Enumeration of Manus and the Eighth Manu Sāvarṇi
तपस्तप्तश्च शक्रश्च द्युतिर्ज्योतिः प्रभाकरः ।
प्रभासो दयितो धर्मस्तेजोरश्मिश्चिरक्रतुः ॥
tapastaptaś ca śakraś ca dyutir jyotiḥ prabhākaraḥ / prabhāso dayito dharmas tejor aśmiś cirakratuḥ
तपस्तप्तः शक्रो द्युतिर्ज्योतिः प्रभाकरः प्रभासो दयितो धर्मस्तेजोरश्मिश्चिरक्रतुरिति (ते तस्मिन् गणे)।
FAQs
Many names here are virtues or luminous qualities (dyuti, jyotis, dharma), implying that divine administration is inseparable from moral order and clarity—light as a metaphor for truth and right conduct.
Manvantara: the Purāṇa specifies deva-names and offices for a given Manu’s era.
The repeated ‘light’ vocabulary encodes a subtle teaching: higher governance is illumination—consciousness (jyotis) that stabilizes worlds through dharma.