Shloka 33
Adhyaya 74 — King Svarashtra, the Deer-Queen’s Curse, and the Rise of Tamasa Manu
ततो भृशं प्रव्यथिता प्रणम्य मुनिमब्रुवम् ।
स्वरूपस्थमतिक्रुद्धं प्रसीदेति पुनः पुनः ॥
tato bhṛśaṃ pravyathitā praṇamya munim abruvam / svarūpastham atikruddhaṃ prasīdeti punaḥ punaḥ //
そのとき私は深く苦悩し、聖仙に礼拝して、なお自らの姿のまま激しく憤る彼に、幾度も幾度も「どうかお慈悲を、どうかお慈悲を」と訴えた。
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FAQs
The verse shows the conventional dharmic response to offense—humble prostration and repeated request for grace. Yet it also prepares the lesson that appeasement may fail when the other party is governed by unrestrained krodha.
Didactic narrative illustrating conduct and consequence; not a pancalakṣaṇa cosmological unit.
Repeated ‘prasīda’ is akin to a mantra of reconciliation; its failure here underscores that inner transformation (of anger) is prerequisite for outer resolution.