Shloka 8
Adhyaya 80 — Vaivasvata Manvantara: Enumeration of Manus and the Eighth Manu Sāvarṇi
सुराणाममिताभानां तृतीयमपि मे शृणु ।
दमो दान्तो ऋतः सोमो वित्ताद्याश्चैव विंशतिः ॥
surāṇām amitābhānāṃ tṛtīyam api me śṛṇu / damo dānto ṛtaḥ somo vittādyāś caiva viṃśatiḥ
مجھ سے دیوتاؤں کے تیسرے گروہ—اَمِتابھا—کو بھی سنو: دَم، دانت، رِت، سوم، وِتّ وغیرہ—جو ملا کر بیس بنتے ہیں۔
FAQs
By naming devas as ‘Dama’ (restraint) and ‘Dānta’ (disciplined), the text frames virtue not merely as human ethics but as cosmic power—self-control is a sustaining force of an age.
Manvantara: the verse continues the standard manvantara template—deva-gaṇas and their members.
The Amitābhās (‘immeasurable radiance’) are paired with restraint and ṛta, suggesting that true ‘radiance’ is inner governance—illumination arising from disciplined alignment with cosmic order.