DECIPHERING DURGA SAPTASHATI
DECIPHERING DURGA SAPTASHATI (This article can be very informative for the inquisitive minds interested in knowing our Vedic science & history) ॐ नमश्चण्डिकायै * “ ॐ ऐं ” मार्कण्डेय उवाच॥१॥ सावर्णिः सूर्यतनयो यो मनुः कथ्यतेऽष्टमः। निशामय तदुत्पत्तिं विस्तराद् गदतो मम॥२॥ महामायानुभावेन यथा मन्वन्तराधिपः। स बभूव महाभागः सावर्णिस्तनयो रवेः॥३॥ स्वारोचिषेऽन्तरे पूर्वं चैत्रवंशसमुद्भवः। सुरथो नाम राजाभूत्समस्ते क्षितिमण्डले॥४॥ Today, my wife was reading Durga Saptashati on the occasion of 1 st day of Chaitra Navratri in Chaitra Shukla Pratipada Vikram Samvat 2080 or March 22 nd , 2023, and suddenly she stopped reading and asked me about Savarni Manu which was mentioned in the form of Katha or story in Durga Saptashati , in chapter- 1. After hearing from her, I immediately checked my last article where the name of Savarni Manu is mentioned as the Manu (Chieftain) of his Manvanatra (It is a sum total of time of four yugas (sat