Shloka 30
Adhyaya 72 — The Reconciliation Rite, Sarasvati Sacrifice, and the Birth of Uttama Manu (Auttama Manvantara Prelude)
उपकारः कृतो वीर ! भवता यो ममाधुना ।
तेनास्म्याकृष्टहृदया यद्ब्रवीमि शृणुष्व तत् ॥
upakāraḥ kṛto vīra! bhavatā yo mamādhunā | tenāsmy ākṛṣṭa-hṛdayā yad bravīmi śṛṇuṣva tat ||
“Hỡi bậc anh hùng, lòng nhân hậu mà ngài vừa ban cho tôi khiến tâm tôi hướng về ngài. Vậy xin lắng nghe điều tôi sắp thưa.”
FAQs
Reciprocity (kṛtajñatā) is treated as a dharmic obligation: benefaction generates a moral impulse to return good, here expressed as a boon/prophetic assurance.
Vaṃśānucarita: interpersonal dharma in royal narrative leading to the rise of a dynastic figure (future Manu).
The ‘drawn heart’ signals a binding of destinies; in Purāṇic symbolism, sincere relational bonds become conduits for fate-altering knowledge (jñāna/vara).