Shloka 40
Adhyaya 53 — Rudrasarga and the Measure of the Manvantaras: Svayambhuva Manu, Priyavrata’s Line, and the Seven Dvipas
तपस्तेपे महाभागः पुलहाश्रमसंश्रयः ।
हिमाह्विं दक्षिणं वर्षं भरताय पिता ददौ ॥
tapas tepe mahābhāgaḥ pulahāśramasaṃśrayaḥ |
himāhviṃ dakṣiṇaṃ varṣaṃ bharatāya pitā dadau ||
Sa pagdulog sa ashram ni Pulaha, ang mapalad na iyon ay nagsagawa ng matitinding pag-aayuno at pagninilay. Ipinagkaloob ng kanyang ama kay Bharata ang katimugang lupain na tinatawag na Himāhva.
FAQs
The verse juxtaposes worldly allotment (a father granting territory) with ascetic merit (tapas at a ṛṣi’s āśrama), underscoring the Purāṇic ideal that rulership and renunciation can be sequential duties within a righteous life.
Primarily Manvantara and Vaṃśānucarita: it belongs to the dynastic account within a Manu-period narrative, linking regions (varṣas) to ancestral rulers.
‘South’ and ‘Himā-’ imagery can be read symbolically as the descent of sovereignty into the manifest world, while the āśrama setting points to tapas as the inner foundation that legitimizes outer authority.