Adhyaya 72 — The Reconciliation Rite, Sarasvati Sacrifice, and the Birth of Uttama Manu (Auttama Manvantara Prelude)
सर्वार्थशास्त्रतत्त्वज्ञो धर्मानुष्ठानतत्परः ।
मन्वन्तरेश्वरॊ धीमान् ! भविष्यति स वै मनुः ॥
sarvārthaśāstra-tattvajño dharmānuṣṭhāna-tatparaḥ | manvantareśvaro dhīmān! bhaviṣyati sa vai manuḥ ||
“Malalaman niya ang tunay na mga simulain ng lahat ng mga śāstra tungkol sa mga layunin ng buhay ng tao; magiging tapat siya sa pagsasagawa ng dharma. Sa karunungan, siya’y magiging panginoon ng isang Manvantara—tunay nga, siya’y magiging isang Manu.”
The ideal epochal ruler (Manu) is defined not by birth alone but by wisdom and commitment to dharma—knowledge (śāstra-tattva) must culminate in lived observance (anuṣṭhāna).
Directly Manvantara (description of a Manu as presider of an age), embedded within Vaṃśānucarita narrative.
Manu represents the archetype of cosmic legislation: when wisdom and dharma converge in a single person, that person becomes the ‘axis’ around which an age (manvantara) is ordered.