यस्मादिदंपुरा प्रोक्तं मनुना सत्यवादिना । स्वायंभुवेन प्रोद्दिश्य कृतघ्नं सकलं जनम्
yasmādidaṃpurā proktaṃ manunā satyavādinā | svāyaṃbhuvena proddiśya kṛtaghnaṃ sakalaṃ janam
ఎందుకంటే ఈ విషయం పూర్వమే సత్యవాది స్వాయంభువ మనువు ప్రకటించాడు—కృతఘ్నత్వం సమస్త జనులను కలుషితం చేస్తుందని సూచించాడు.
Indra (Sahasrākṣa) (deduced from context)
Listener: Brāhmaṇas of the lineages assembled
Scene: A didactic tableau: Indra gestures toward an imagined/depicted Manu Svāyambhuva holding a dharma-śāstra, while the assembly listens; the emphasis is on authority and truth.
Puranic dharma aligns with ancient śāstric authority: ingratitude is universally condemned.
None is explicitly mentioned in this verse; it provides dharma-based justification within the tīrtha narrative.
None; the verse cites authoritative moral teaching rather than ritual.
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