Shloka 35
Adhyaya 74 — King Svarashtra, the Deer-Queen’s Curse, and the Rise of Tamasa Manu
सति ताते कथञ्चाहं वृणोमि मुनिसत्तम ।
सापराधाथवा पादौ प्रसीदेश नमाम्यहम् ॥
sati tāte kathaṃ cāhaṃ vṛṇomi munisattama / sāparādhāthavā pādau prasīdeśa namāmy aham //
「父が生きているうちは、どうして私が（夫を）選べましょうか、ああ賢者の中の最勝よ。私に罪があろうとなかろうと、あなたの御足に礼拝いたします。どうかご慈悲を、主よ。」
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FAQs
The verse exemplifies the purāṇic idiom of seeking relief through humility and surrender (pāda-vandana). It also reflects the social dharma reasoning used to defend one’s earlier refusal.
Ethical instruction embedded in story; not a pancalakṣaṇa structural unit.
Bowing to the ‘feet’ signals surrender of egoic resistance. The narrative contrasts this with the muni’s egoic anger, highlighting that true tapas should culminate in compassion, not domination.