Shloka 56
Adhyaya 74 — King Svarashtra, the Deer-Queen’s Curse, and the Rise of Tamasa Manu
ये देवा यत्पतिर्यश्च देवेन्द्रो ये तथर्षयः ।
ये पुत्राश्च मनोस्तस्य पृथिवीपरिपालकाः ॥
ye devā yatpatiryaśca devendro ye tatharṣayaḥ / ye putrāśca manostasya pṛthivīparipālakāḥ
وہاں کون کون سے دیوتا تھے، ان کا سردار—یعنی اندَر کون تھا، اور کون کون سے رشی تھے؛ نیز اس منو کے کون سے بیٹے زمین کے محافظ بنے—یہ سب بیان کیا جائے گا۔
FAQs
Dharma in Purāṇas is institutional: each age has appointed cosmic functionaries (devas, Indra, ṛṣis, kings) who collectively sustain order.
Manvantara: it announces the standard Manvantara template—deva-gaṇas, Indra, Saptarṣis, and Manu’s sons (earthly rulers).
The ‘offices’ (Indra, sages, protectors) can be read as archetypal functions within consciousness: governance, illumination, and regulation operating cyclically.