Shloka 27
Adhyaya 76 — The Sixth Manvantara: Cakshusha Manu, the Child-Snatcher, and the Problem of Kinship
आनन्द उवाच जातोऽहमवनीन्द्रस्य क्षत्रियस्य गृहे द्विज ।
तत्पत्न्यां गिरिभद्रायामाददे जातहारिणी ॥
ānanda uvāca jāto 'ham avanīndrasya kṣatriyasya gṛhe dvija | tatpatnyāṃ giribhadrāyām ādade jātahāriṇī ||
ஆனந்தன் கூறினான்— ஓ பிராமணரே, நான் ஒரு க்ஷத்திரிய அரசன் வீட்டில் பிறந்தேன். அவன் மனைவி கிரிபத்ராவின் அருகிலிருந்து ஒரு குழந்தை-கவரும் பெண் என்னை அபகரித்துச் சென்றாள்.
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FAQs
The verse exposes vulnerability at birth and how adharma (child-stealing) can fracture lineage-based duties, producing ethical ambiguity for the innocent.
Narrative episode with social-dharma implications; not directly sarga/manvantara, though it may support vaṃśānucarita-style storytelling around royal houses.
Abduction at birth symbolizes the jīva’s ‘displacement’ into mistaken identifications; the story sets up a movement from imposed identity back toward truth.