Shloka 7
Adhyaya 73 — The Uttama Manvantara: Classes of Devas, Indra Sushanti, and the Royal Lineage
तेषामिन्द्रो महाभागस्त्रैलोक्ये स गुरुर्भवेत् ।
शतं क्रतूनामाहृत्य सुशान्तिर्नाम नामतः ॥
teṣām indro mahābhāgas trailokye sa gurur bhavet | śataṃ kratūnām āhṛtya suśāntir nāma nāmataḥ ||
ان میں خوش بخت اندر تینوں لوکوں میں آچارْیَ (پیشوا) بن جاتا ہے۔ سو یَجْیَ ادا کر کے وہ ‘سُشَانتی’ کے نام سے معروف ہوتا ہے۔
FAQs
Authority (even divine authority) is portrayed as merit-based: Indra’s eminence and epithet arise from sustained sacrificial accomplishment, linking leadership with tapas/karma rather than mere inheritance.
Manvantara: naming the Indra of a given Manu-era is a standard purāṇic manvantara-detail.
‘Suśānti’ (good peace) hints that the fruit of perfected yajña is not only power but pacification—cosmic stability maintained through properly offered rites.