Shloka 10
Adhyaya 80 — Vaivasvata Manvantara: Enumeration of Manus and the Eighth Manu Sāvarṇi
भविष्याश्च भविष्यन्ति सावर्णस्यान्तरे मनोः ।
तेषामिन्द्रो भविष्यस्तु बलिर्वैरोचनिर्मुने ॥
bhaviṣyāś ca bhaviṣyanti sāvarṇasyāntare manoḥ / teṣām indro bhaviṣyas tu balir vairocanir mune
எதிர்காலத்தில் சாவர்ணி மனுவின் மன்வந்தரத்தில் அவர்கள் அவ்வாறே இருப்பார்கள். ஓ முனிவரே, அவர்களின் இந்திரன் விரோசனன் புதல்வன் பலி ஆவான்.
FAQs
Purāṇas distinguish between ‘species’ (deva/daitya) and ‘office’ (Indra). The post of Indra can be held by one who has accumulated merit and is appointed by cosmic law—emphasizing karma and duty over mere label.
Manvantara: naming the future Indra for a given Manu is a canonical manvantara detail.
Bali as Indra symbolizes the cyclic balancing of power: forces once opposed to the devas can, through tapas/merit and divine ordinance, become instruments of order in another cycle.