Shloka 8
Adhyaya 73 — The Uttama Manvantara: Classes of Devas, Indra Sushanti, and the Royal Lineage
यस्योपसर्गनाशाय नामाक्षरविभूषिता ।
अद्यापि मानवैर्गाथा गीयते तु महीतले ॥
yasyopasarganāśāya nāmākṣaravibhūṣitā | adyāpi mānavair gāthā gīyate tu mahītale ||
Pinalamutian ng mga pantig ng kanyang pangalan, isang gāthā (taludtod ng papuri) na pumupuksa sa kapahamakan ay inaawit pa rin hanggang ngayon ng mga tao sa lupa.
FAQs
Memory and recitation preserve dharma: the community’s continued singing of a protective gāthā shows how sacred history becomes living practice aimed at alleviating suffering.
Manvantara (with ancillary ritual practice): it arises within the Manvantara account and highlights how such accounts generate ongoing religious observances.
The emphasis on ‘syllables of the name’ reflects nāma-śakti: sound as a carrier of power, where ordered phonemes are treated as a vehicle for warding off disorder (upasarga).