Adhyaya 76 — The Sixth Manvantara: Cakshusha Manu, the Child-Snatcher, and the Problem of Kinship
मार्कण्डेय उवाच ततः स विस्मितो राजा सभार्यः सह बन्धुभिः ।
तस्मान्निवर्त्य ममतामनुमेने वनाय तम् ॥
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca tataḥ sa vismito rājā sabhāryaḥ saha bandhubhiḥ / tasmānnivartya mamatāmanumene vanāya tam
மார்கண்டேயர் கூறினார்—அப்போது அரசன் மனைவி மற்றும் உறவினர்களுடன் வியந்து, ‘எனது’ என்ற பற்றை நீக்கி, அவனுக்கு வனத்திற்குச் செல்ல அனுமதி அளித்தான்.
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Even householders and rulers can practice detachment by releasing possessiveness and supporting a sincere aspirant’s renunciation—without neglecting civic stability.
Ethical narrative illustration (dharma-upadeśa through ākhyāna), not a cosmological or genealogical catalog.
The ‘king with wife and kin’ represents the full social web; its consent indicates that inner freedom can be harmonized with outer obligations when mamatā is surrendered.