Shloka 21
Adhyaya 76 — The Sixth Manvantara: Cakshusha Manu, the Child-Snatcher, and the Problem of Kinship
आनन्देति च नामास्य पिता चक्रे विधानतः ।
मुदा परमया युक्तो विक्रान्तः स नराधिपः ॥
ānandeti ca nāmāsya pitā cakre vidhānataḥ / mudā paramayā yukto vikrāntaḥ sa narādhipaḥ
అతని తండ్రి విధివిధానంగా అతనికి ‘ఆనంద’ అనే నామం పెట్టాడు. ఆ నరాధిపుడు విక్రాంత రాజు పరమానందంతో నిండిపోయాడు।
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FAQs
Human joy often rests on assumptions; the narrative sets up dramatic irony—‘Ānanda’ (joy) is named amid an underlying theft. The ethical thrust is to seek truth alongside celebration, and to secure the welfare of dependents beyond ritual formality.
Ākhyāna with dharma-ācāra elements (naming rite by rule). It is not a direct sarga/manvantara unit but supports purāṇic instruction through story.
Naming the child ‘Ānanda’ signals the pursuit of happiness through external identifications (role, lineage, rite). The episode suggests that true ānanda is unstable when grounded in ignorance (avidyā) rather than clear seeing (jñāna).