Shloka 8
ताटकावृत्तान्तः
The Account of Tāṭakā and the Royal Duty to Protect
कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य यक्षी पुत्रमजायत।मारीचं नाम दुर्धर्षं यश्शापाद्राक्षसोऽभवत्।।।।
kasyacit tv atha kālasya yakṣī putram ajāyata |
mārīcaṃ nāma durdharṣaṃ yaḥ śāpād rākṣaso 'bhavat ||
কিছু কাল পরে সেই যক্ষী এক পুত্র প্রসব করল—অদম্য, মারীচ নামে—যে শাপবশে রাক্ষস হয়ে গেল॥
After some time that yakshini gave birth to an unassailable son by name Maricha. Because of a curse, he became a rakshasa (though born of yaksha parentage).
FAQs
Actions and moral ruptures can lead to transformative consequences (śāpa as a narrative form of karmic result), altering one’s nature and destiny.
Viśvāmitra introduces Mārīca as Tāṭakā’s son and notes his change into a rākṣasa due to a curse.
The verse emphasizes vulnerability to moral consequence rather than virtue—how a curse can redirect a life toward adharmic identity.