Shloka 47
Adhyaya 76 — The Sixth Manvantara: Cakshusha Manu, the Child-Snatcher, and the Problem of Kinship
उपयेमे विदर्भां स सुतामुग्रस्य भूभृतः ।
तस्याञ्चोत्पादयामास पुत्रान् प्रख्यातविक्रमान् ॥
upayeme vidarbhāṃ sa sutām ugrasya bhūbhṛtaḥ / tasyāṃ cotpādayāmāsa putrān prakhyātavikramān
اس نے راجہ اُگر کی بیٹی وِدَربھا سے نکاح کیا اور اسی کے بطن سے شجاعت میں مشہور بیٹے پیدا کیے۔
FAQs
Purāṇic history ties cosmic cycles to human-like lineage: social order (marriage, progeny) is presented as a vehicle for transmitting dharma across ages.
Manvantara and vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita (dynastic account): it supplies the genealogical scaffolding accompanying a Manu’s era.
The ‘sons of prowess’ motif encodes the idea that each cycle requires fresh energies (śakti in a generic sense) to uphold cosmic and social stability.