Shloka 13

Adhyaya 74 — King Svarashtra, the Deer-Queen’s Curse, and the Rise of Tamasa Manu

Sanskrit

विस्तारि पङ्कमत्यर्थं दुस्तरं स नृपस्तरन् ।

तथैव कृष्यमाणोऽन्यद्रम्यं वनमवाप सः ॥

Transliteration

vistāri paṅkam atyarthaṃ dustaraṃ sa nṛpas taran | tathaiva kṛṣyamāṇo ’nya-d-ramyaṃ vanam avāpa saḥ ||

Translation

Der König, durch einen weit ausgedehnten, schwer zu durchquerenden Morast watend und noch immer fortgezerrt, gelangte in einen weiteren lieblichen Wald.

Speakers

• Narrative voice (within Mārkaṇḍeya’s account)

Key Themes

• Struggle after survival
• Transition from peril to allure
• Setting shift to forest encounter