Shloka 14
Adhyaya 50 — Mind-Born Progeny, Svayambhuva Manu’s Lineage, and Brahmā’s Ordinance to Duḥsaha (Alakṣmī’s Retinue)
शतरूपाञ्च तां नारीं तपोनिर्धूतकल्मषाम् ।
स्वायम्भुवो मनुर्देवः पत्नीत्वे जगृहे विभुः ॥
śatarūpāṃ ca tāṃ nārīṃ taponirdhūtakalmaṣām | svāyambhuvo manur devaḥ patnītve jagṛhe vibhuḥ ||
اور اس طاقتور سوایمبھُو منو نے اس شترُوپا عورت کو—جس کی آلودگیاں تپسیا سے جل چکی تھیں—اپنی زوجہ کے طور پر قبول کیا۔
FAQs
Householder life (gṛhastha) is grounded in inner purification: even the primordial couple is portrayed as tapas-purified, suggesting that progeny and social order should rest on self-discipline.
Manvantara and Vaṃśa: establishment of the primal human pair through whom lineages proceed.
Śatarūpā (‘hundred-formed’) can symbolize prakṛti’s many modalities; union with Manu (law/mind) indicates order guiding multiplicity into coherent creation.