Shloka 6
Adhyaya 73 — The Uttama Manvantara: Classes of Devas, Indra Sushanti, and the Royal Lineage
एते देवगणाः पञ्च स्मृता यज्ञभुजस्तथा ।
मन्वन्तरे मनुश्रेष्ठे सर्वे द्वादशका गणाः ॥
ete devagaṇāḥ pañca smṛtā yajñabhujas tathā | manvantare manuśreṣṭhe sarve dvādaśakā gaṇāḥ ||
தேவர்களின் இவ்வைந்து கணங்களும், யாகப் பங்குபெறுவோரும் நினைவுகூரப்படுகின்றனர். அந்தச் சிறந்த மனுவின் மன்வந்தரத்தில் இவ்வெல்லாக் கணங்களும் பன்னிரண்டு வகுப்புகளாக ஒழுங்குபடுத்தப்பட்டன.
FAQs
Cosmic order is presented as structured and repeatable across epochs: the same sacrificial and divine offices recur in each Manu-era, reinforcing the idea of ṛta (ordered regularity) behind ritual and governance.
Manvantara: it explicitly organizes beings and offices within a particular Manu’s reign, a core purāṇic characteristic.
The “twelvefold grouping” can be read as a symbolic partitioning of cosmic functions (time/space/ritual offices) into complete cycles, suggesting that yajña is the axis by which divine roles are harmonized.