Shloka 76
Adhyaya 61 — The Second Manvantara Begins: The Brahmin’s Swift Journey and Varuthini’s Temptation on Himavat
युष्मदाप्यायनाद् देवा वृष्टिशस्यादिहेतवः ।
भवन्ति शस्यादखिलं जगद्भवति नान्यतः ॥
yuṣmad-āpyāyanād devā vṛṣṭi-śasyādi-hetavaḥ | bhavanti śasyād akhilaṃ jagad bhavati nānyataḥ ||
నీ పోషణవలన దేవతలు వర్షం, ధాన్యం మొదలైన వాటికి కారణమగుదురు. ధాన్యమువలననే సమస్త జగత్తు జీవించుచున్నది—ఇతరథా కాదు।
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FAQs
The verse expresses the Vedic reciprocity model: offerings sustain devas; devas sustain rain and food; food sustains society—so ritual responsibility undergirds collective welfare.
Not a genealogical/cosmological listing, but a dharma-centered explanation of world-maintenance; adjacent to sarga ideas yet presented as ācāra.
Agni symbolizes transformative intelligence; when ‘fed’ by right action, higher faculties produce ‘rain’ (grace/clarity) and ‘grain’ (stable virtues) that sustain the inner and outer world.