Shloka 32
Adhyaya 53 — Rudrasarga and the Measure of the Manvantaras: Svayambhuva Manu, Priyavrata’s Line, and the Seven Dvipas
पञ्चस्वेतेषु वर्षेषु सर्वसाधारणः स्मृतः ।
अग्नीध्राय पिता पूर्वं जम्बूद्वीपं ददौ द्विज ॥
pañcasveteṣu varṣeṣu sarvasādhāraṇaḥ smṛtaḥ /
agnīdhrāya pitā pūrvaṃ jambūdvīpaṃ dadau dvija
Sa limang varṣa na iyon, inaalala na (ang dharma) ay pangkalahatan para sa lahat. Noong una, ibinigay ng kanyang ama ang Jambūdvīpa kay Āgnīdhra, O dalawang-ulit na isinilang.
FAQs
Even where social dharma has divisions, a baseline ‘common dharma’ is affirmed; rightful sovereignty is portrayed as stewardship received through lineage and responsibility, not mere conquest.
‘Vaṃśa’ and ‘Vaṃśānucarita’ (genealogies and their accounts) are foregrounded, embedded within ‘Sthāna’ (Jambūdvīpa’s structure).
The ‘gift’ of a continent symbolizes transmission of adhikāra (spiritual and worldly authority): one inherits a field of action (karma-bhūmi) wherein universal dharma must be enacted.