Shloka 21
Adhyaya 75 — The Fall and Restoration of Revatī Nakṣatra and the Birth of Raivata Manu
मार्कण्डेय उवाच तेनैवं व्याहृते शापे रेवत्यृक्षं पपात ह ।
पश्यतः सर्वलोकस्य विस्मयाविष्टचेतसः ॥
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca tenaivaṃ vyāhṛte śāpe revatyṛkṣaṃ papāta ha / paśyataḥ sarvalokasya vismayāviṣṭacetasaḥ
মাৰ্কণ্ডেয় ক’লে—এদৰে শাপ উচ্চাৰিত হোৱাৰ লগে লগে, সকলোয়ে চাই থাকোঁতে ৰেৱতী-ঋক্ষ (ভালুক) পতিত হ’ল; জনসাধাৰণৰ মন বিস্ময়ে আচ্ছন্ন হ’ল।
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FAQs
The narrative stresses immediacy of karmic/ascetic speech consequences and the social dimension of moral events—others witness and learn through shock (vismaya), reinforcing communal moral memory.
Ākhyāna embedded in Vamśānucarita style; it functions as a causal link for later geographic/person etiology.
‘Falling’ before the eyes of all symbolizes the visible manifestation of subtle cause—what is inward (ethical taint) becomes outward (form/state change), making dharma legible to the community.