Adhyaya 75 — The Fall and Restoration of Revatī Nakṣatra and the Birth of Raivata Manu
तस्य मन्वन्तरे देवान् मुनिदेवेन्द्रपार्थिवान् ।
कथ्यमानान् मया ब्रह्मन् निबोध सुसमाहितः ॥
tasya manvantare devān munidevendrapārthivān | kathyamānān mayā brahman nibodha susamāhitaḥ ||
Trong manvantara ấy, hỡi brāhmaṇa, hãy lắng nghe với trọn vẹn chú tâm khi ta thuật về các thần, các hiền thánh (ṛṣi), Indra và các vua chúa (pārthiva).
Purāṇic history is presented as a disciplined listening tradition (śravaṇa): attention (samāhita) is itself a prerequisite for receiving cosmological and dharmic knowledge.
Manvantara: the verse signals the canonical elements typically supplied for each manvantara—deities (devagaṇa), sages (saptarṣi), Indra, and royal lineages.
The fourfold enumeration (gods–sages–Indra–kings) mirrors a cosmic governance model: spiritual authority (ṛṣi), celestial administration (deva/Indra), and terrestrial order (rājā).