Shloka 35
Adhyaya 76 — The Sixth Manvantara: Cakshusha Manu, the Child-Snatcher, and the Problem of Kinship
अतो ब्रवीमि संसारे वसतः को न बान्धवः ।
को वापि सततं बन्धुः किं वो विभ्राम्यते मतिः ॥
ato bravīmi saṃsāre vasataḥ ko na bāndhavaḥ / ko vāpi satataṃ bandhuḥ kiṃ vo vibhrāmyate matiḥ
“Kaya nga sinasabi ko: sa saṃsāra, para sa nananahan dito, sino ang hindi kamag-anak sa anumang paraan? At sino nga ba ang kamag-anak na walang hanggan? Bakit nalilito ang iyong isip?”
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FAQs
The verse reframes kinship as fluid and situational, undermining possessive grief or pride. It encourages discernment: fulfill duties, but do not absolutize relations.
Didactic teaching supporting dharma within narrative; not a direct sarga/manvantara/vaṃśa passage.
By denying an ‘eternal relative’ in the phenomenal realm, the text implicitly points toward the only stable refuge: the inner Self (ātman) or the Absolute (brahman).