Shloka 44
Adhyaya 74 — King Svarashtra, the Deer-Queen’s Curse, and the Rise of Tamasa Manu
मार्कण्डेय उवाच एवमुक्तस्ततः सोऽपि राजा प्राप्य परां मुदम् ।
पुत्रो ममारिञ्जित्वेति पृथिव्यां भविता मनुः ॥
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca evam uktas tataḥ so 'pi rājā prāpya parāṃ mudam / putro mamāriñjitveti pṛthivyāṃ bhavitā manuḥ
قال ماركاندييا: فلما خوطِبَ بذلك نال ذلك الملك فرحًا أسمى، وهو يفكّر: «سيكون ابني مانو على الأرض بعد أن يقهر الأعداء».
FAQs
Legitimate joy arises when personal lineage is perceived as serving a larger dharmic function—here, the birth of a Manu, emblem of ordered society.
Manvantara: the narrative explicitly points to the emergence of a Manu, a central organizing feature of Purāṇic time-cycles.
The king’s joy reflects the inward recognition that individual life-events can be vehicles for cosmic administration (ṛta/dharma) through the Manu principle.