Shloka 30
Adhyaya 74 — King Svarashtra, the Deer-Queen’s Curse, and the Rise of Tamasa Manu
इत्युक्तः प्राह मां सोऽपि मुनिरित्थं महीपते ।
न प्रयच्छामि शापं ते यद्यात्मानं ददासि मे ॥
ity uktaḥ prāha māṃ so 'pi munir itthaṃ mahīpate / na prayacchāmi śāpaṃ te yady ātmānaṃ dadāsi me //
Así interpelado, aquel sabio me dijo: «Oh rey, no retiraré tu maldición, a menos que te entregues a mí».
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FAQs
The verse foregrounds the grave asymmetry of power between ascetic authority and laypersons: a curse becomes a tool of coercion. Puranic narratives often use such scenes to warn that uncontrolled anger and misuse of tapas (austerity-power) distort dharma and lead to further suffering.
Primarily within Vaṃśānucarita / narrative-ethical exemplum rather than sarga/pratisarga. It is an instructive episode illustrating dharma and the consequences of speech and desire, not cosmogenesis or manvantara chronology.
The ‘non-withdrawable curse’ motif symbolizes the binding force of intention-backed speech (vāk). When speech is driven by passion (kāma/krodha), it precipitates a descent into instinctual existence—here foreshadowed as animal embodiment.