Shloka 113
The Jyeṣṭha Full-Moon Vow, the Birth of the Maruts, and the Outline of Secondary Creation
Manvantaras
अतीतानागताश्चैव मनवः परिकीर्तिताः । वर्षाणां युगसाहस्रमेभिर्व्याप्तं नराधिप
atītānāgatāścaiva manavaḥ parikīrtitāḥ | varṣāṇāṃ yugasāhasramebhirvyāptaṃ narādhipa
บรรดามนูในกาลก่อนและมนูที่จะมาถึง ก็ได้ถูกกล่าวสรรเสริญแล้วโดยแท้ ด้วยพันพันแห่งยุคเหล่านี้ กระแสแห่งปีทั้งหลายจึงแผ่ครอบคลุมครบถ้วน โอ้พระราชา
Pulastya (to Bhīṣma) [traditional Padma Purāṇa dialogue framing]
Concept: Time is structured and knowable through Manvantara cycles; understanding cosmic chronology steadies the mind.
Application: Zoom out from immediate anxieties; contemplate long cycles to cultivate patience, humility, and steadiness in duty.
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"Pulastya, calm and radiant, addresses Bhīṣma seated respectfully like a mountain of resolve. Behind them, translucent layers of time—yugas stacked like shimmering rings—expand outward, showing past and future Manus as faint, procession-like figures moving through a cosmic corridor.","primary_figures":["Pulastya","Bhīṣma"],"setting":"Forest hermitage court with a cosmic vision overlay—time-rings visible in the sky like halos within halos.","lighting_mood":"forest dappled","color_palette":["sage green","smoke gray","amber gold","deep maroon","sky blue"],"tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting style: Pulastya seated on a low throne under a stylized tree, Bhīṣma kneeling with folded hands; behind them a gold-leaf kāla-mandala with concentric yuga rings and tiny Manu medallions; ornate borders, rich reds/greens, embossed halos.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature style: intimate guru-disciple dialogue in a quiet grove; delicate facial expressions, soft shadows; the sky painted with faint concentric circles representing yuga-sahasra; refined linework and cool natural palette.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: frontal Pulastya teaching gesture (vyākhyāna mudrā), Bhīṣma attentive; bold outlines; patterned circular time-disc behind; earthy reds and yellows with green foliage motifs.","pichwai_prompt":"Pichwai cloth painting style: a central circular kāla-mandala with Pulastya and Bhīṣma in the lower register; lotus and conch motifs in the border; deep blue background with gold script-like labels for ‘atīta’ and ‘anāgata’."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"meditative","suggested_raga":"Yaman","pace":"slow-meditative","voice_tone":"serene","sound_elements":["forest birds","soft tanpura","brief silence between pādas"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: अतीतानागताश्चैव = अतीताः + अनागताः + च + एव (visarga sandhi: ः + अ → ओऽ/आ; written as -ा-; च + एव → चैव). एभिर्व्याप्तम् = एभिः + व्याप्तम् (visarga sandhi: ः + व → र्व).
FAQs
Manus are the progenitors and law-givers of humanity in Purāṇic cosmology; each Manu presides over a manvantara, a vast epoch within the cyclic timeline.
It points to the immense, repeating scale of cosmic time—yugas (ages) grouped into larger cycles—used to describe creation, preservation, and dissolution across vast durations.
It emphasizes that Purāṇic cosmology is structured and cyclical: past and future epochs (through Manus and yuga-cycles) are part of an ordered, describable chronology.