Shloka 9
Adhyaya 76 — The Sixth Manvantara: Cakshusha Manu, the Child-Snatcher, and the Problem of Kinship
स्वार्थे प्रसक्ता मार्जारी प्रसक्तं मामवेक्षते ।
तथान्तर्धानगा चैव द्वितीया जातहारिणी ॥
svārthe prasaktā mārjārī prasaktaṃ mām avekṣate / tathāntardhānagā caiva dvitīyā jātahāriṇī //
తన స్వప్రయోజనంలో స్థిరమైన ఆ పిల్లి నన్ను గట్టిగా గమనిస్తుంది; అలాగే రెండవది—శిశు-అపహారిణి—దాగి దాగి సంచరిస్తుంది।
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FAQs
The child frames a moral lens: beings can approach another not for the other’s good but for their own ends—sometimes openly, sometimes covertly.
Ākhyāna/dharma-upadeśa; the verse uses illustrative comparison rather than genealogical or manvantara enumeration.
Two modes of grasping: ‘devouring’ (gross exploitation) and ‘stealing’ (subtle appropriation). The teaching warns against both in relationships and inner life.