Shloka 7
Adhyaya 79 — Chanda and Munda
धर्माद्यैः कारणैः शुद्धैराधिपत्यगुणान्विताः ।
भूतभव्यभवन्नाथाः शृणु चैतत् त्रयं द्विज ॥
dharmādyaiḥ kāraṇaiḥ śuddhair ādhipatyaguṇānvitāḥ |
bhūtabhavyabhavannāthāḥ śṛṇu caitat trayaṃ dvija ||
ஆட்சி-ஐஸ்வர்யமும் அதன் குணங்களும் உடையவர்களாய், தர்மம் முதலிய காரணங்களால் தூய்மையடைந்தவர்களாய்—கடந்த, வருங்கால, நிகழ்காலங்களின் அதிபதிகளே—ஓ இருபிறப்பினரே, இம்மூன்றையும் கேளுங்கள்।
FAQs
The verse links rightful lordship (ādhipatya) with purification through dharma and allied virtues—implying that authority is legitimate only when grounded in dharmic causality and moral discipline.
Primarily Manvantara (accounts of Manus and their administrations), with a lead-in to cosmological ordering (aṅga of Sthāna/structure as it introduces a triadic division).
The triad (trayam) and the ‘past–future–present’ lordship gesture toward a totalizing cosmic governance: dharma is presented as the stabilizing principle across time, not merely a social rule.