Shloka 58
Adhyaya 76 — The Sixth Manvantara: Cakshusha Manu, the Child-Snatcher, and the Problem of Kinship
य इदं कीर्तयेद्धीमान् चाक्षुषस्यान्तरं भुवि ।
शृणुते च लभेत् पुत्रानारोग्यसुखसम्पदम् ॥
ya idaṃ kīrtayed dhīmān cākṣuṣasyāntaraṃ bhuvi / śṛṇute ca labhet putrān ārogyasukhasampadam
భూమిపై చాక్షుష మన్వంతర కథనాన్ని జ్ఞానుడు పఠించినా, వినినా, అతడు పుత్రలాభం పొందుతాడు; ఆరోగ్యం, సుఖసంపద అనే ధనాన్ని కూడా పొందుతాడు.
FAQs
Knowledge transmission (listening/reciting) is treated as dharmic action with tangible fruits—affirming śravaṇa and kīrtana as legitimate religious disciplines.
Manvantara (with attached phalaśruti): the manvantara narrative is sacralized by stating benefits of its recitation.
‘Sons, health, happiness’ represent continuity, vitality, and contentment—three markers of an ordered life; the text implies cosmic order internalized yields personal order.