Shloka 39
Adhyaya 74 — King Svarashtra, the Deer-Queen’s Curse, and the Rise of Tamasa Manu
जीतिस्मरा भवित्री त्वं तस्मिन्गर्भमुपागते ।
स्मृतिं प्राप्य तथा वाचं मानुषीमीrayiṣ्यसि ॥
jītismarā bhavitrī tvaṃ tasmin garbham upāgate / smṛtiṃ prāpya tathā vācaṃ mānuṣīm īrayiṣyasi //
જ્યારે તે ગર્ભ સ્થિર થશે, ત્યારે તું પૂર્વજન્મની સ્મૃતિ ધારણ કરશે; સ્મૃતિ પાછી મળ્યા પછી તું માનવીય વાણી પણ બોલશે।
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FAQs
The verse affirms a Purāṇic psychology where memory and identity can persist across embodiments. It implies that moral responsibility and the continuity of karmic narrative do not end with a change of form.
Episode-level dharma narrative; only indirectly connected to vaṃśānucarita through the prophesied child and the continuity of persons across births.
Regaining ‘smṛti’ and ‘mānuṣī vāk’ signals the re-emergence of higher cognition (buddhi) within constrained circumstances—an inward ascent even before outward liberation from the animal form.