Shloka 42
Adhyaya 74 — King Svarashtra, the Deer-Queen’s Curse, and the Rise of Tamasa Manu
एवं शापमहं लब्ध्वा मृता तिर्यक्त्वमागता ।
त्वत्संस्पर्शाच्च गर्भोऽसौ संभूतो जठरे मम ॥
evaṃ śāpam ahaṃ labdhvā mṛtā tiryaktvam āgatā / tvat-saṃsparśāc ca garbho 'sau saṃbhūto jaṭhare mama
इस प्रकार शाप को प्राप्त करके मैं मर गई और पशु-योनि में आ पड़ी। और तुम्हारे संस्पर्श से मेरे गर्भ में वह भ्रूण उत्पन्न हुआ है।
FAQs
Actions and curses shape embodiment across lives; yet even within constrained births, destiny can unfold toward higher purposes, showing the layered operation of karma and providence.
Vamśānucarita with Manvantara-adjacent content: the verse explains an unusual birth that becomes significant for epochal leadership (Manu).
‘Contact’ as the trigger of conception can symbolize saṃskāra activation: latent karmic seeds fructify when the proper catalyst appears, even in unlikely existential conditions.