Shloka 3
Adhyaya 80 — Vaivasvata Manvantara: Enumeration of Manus and the Eighth Manu Sāvarṇi
मार्कण्डेय उवाच कथितस्तव सावर्णिश्छायासंज्ञासुतश्च यः ।
पूर्वजस्य मनोस्तुल्यः स मनुर्भविताष्टमः ॥
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca kathitas tava sāvarṇiś chāyāsaṃjñāsutaś ca yaḥ |
pūrvajasya manos tulyaḥ sa manur bhavitāṣṭamaḥ ||
Sinabi ni Mārkaṇḍeya: “Si Sāvarṇi—na anak nina Chāyā at Saṃjñā—ay naipaliwanag na sa iyo. Kapantay ng naunang Manu, siya ang magiging ikawalong Manu.”
FAQs
The succession of Manus conveys that righteous governance is not accidental but cyclically restored; ‘equal to the earlier Manu’ signals an ideal of continuity in dharmic standards across eras.
Manvantara: direct identification of the next Manu (8th) and his lineage marker, setting up the era’s administration details.
The pairing of Chāyā (shadow) and Saṃjñā (consciousness/name) in lineage language can be read symbolically as the integration of latent and manifest aspects that generate a new cosmic administrator (Manu).