Shloka 6
Adhyaya 79 — The Vaivasvata Manvantara: Classes of Devas, the Seven Sages, and Manu’s Nine Sons
मघवन्तो वृषाः सर्वे शृङ्गिणो गजगामिनः ।
ते शतक्रतवः सर्वे भूताभिभवतेजसः ॥
maghavanto vṛṣāḥ sarve śṛṅgiṇo gaja-gāminaḥ | te śatakratavaḥ sarve bhūtābhibhava-tejasaḥ ||
พวกท่านทั้งปวงเป็นมฆวาน—ดุจโคอุสุภะ มีเขา และดำเนินด้วยลีลาแห่งช้าง ทั้งปวงเป็นศตกฺรตุ มีรัศมีรุ่งเรืองที่ครอบงำสรรพสัตว์.
FAQs
Tejas (radiant power) is portrayed as the fruit of sustained yajña and disciplined strength; the ideal ruler’s power is earned through right practice, not merely inherited.
Manvantara: continued profiling of the Indra-role; also hints at yajña-centered order, a recurring Purāṇic marker of an age’s stability.
Animal metaphors (bull, elephant) indicate grounded, steady power; ‘Śatakratu’ points to repeated inner offerings—spiritual practice accumulating into an invincible luminosity (tejas).