Shloka 31
Adhyaya 63 — The Birth of Svarocis and the Rescue of Manoramā: The Astra-Heart and the Healing of Curses
मयाभिभूता किं त्राणमुपैषि द्रुतमेहि मे ।
भक्षामि किञ्चिरेणेति ब्रुवाणं तं ददर्श सः ॥
mayābhibhūtā kiṃ trāṇamupaiṣi drutamehi me | bhakṣāmi kiñcireṇeti bruvāṇaṃ taṃ dadarśa saḥ
«وقد غلبتُك، فأيَّ ملجأٍ ستلتمس؟ تعالَ إليَّ سريعًا؛ فسألتهمك في لحظة!»—وهكذا قال، ثم رآه.
FAQs
Adharma often speaks in the language of inevitability (‘you are already defeated’). The episode sets up the counter-lesson: inner steadiness and right knowledge can overturn such claims.
Manvantara: a moralized incident within a manvantara showcasing conflict between destructive forces and disciplined spiritual power.
The rākṣasa’s ‘devouring’ symbolizes the consuming nature of unrestrained desire/anger that seeks to absorb the self; the remedy is mastery of one’s inner ‘astra’ (focused will).