Shloka 49
Adhyaya 74 — King Svarashtra, the Deer-Queen’s Curse, and the Rise of Tamasa Manu
ततः स तामसस्तेन पित्रा संवर्धितो वने ।
जातबुद्धिरुवाचेदं पितरं मुनिसत्तम ॥
tataḥ sa tāmasas tena pitrā saṃvardhito vane / jāta-buddhir uvācedaṃ pitaraṃ muni-sattama
তাৰ পাছত সেই তামস পিতৃৰ দ্বাৰা অৰণ্যত প্ৰতিপালিত হ’ল; যেতিয়া তাৰ বুদ্ধি জাগ্ৰত হ’ল, হে মুনিশ্ৰেষ্ঠ, তেতিয়া সি পিতাক এই বাক্য ক’লে।
FAQs
Inner maturity (jāta-buddhi) is presented as the prerequisite for meaningful counsel and action; the forest setting underscores simplicity and discipline as formative influences.
Vamśānucarita: it continues the life-story development of a lineage figure whose role connects to Manvantara ordering.
The forest represents withdrawal from worldly noise; ‘awakening of intellect’ indicates the surfacing of dharmic discernment, preparing the figure for governance/order-making functions.