Adhyaya 74 — King Svarashtra, the Deer-Queen’s Curse, and the Rise of Tamasa Manu
ततः स तामसस्तेन पित्रा संवर्धितो वने ।
जातबुद्धिरुवाचेदं पितरं मुनिसत्तम ॥
tataḥ sa tāmasas tena pitrā saṃvardhito vane / jāta-buddhir uvācedaṃ pitaraṃ muni-sattama
その後、森において父に養育されたそのターマサ(Tāmasa)は、理解が目覚めると、父に向かって次の言葉を語った。ああ賢者の中の最勝者よ。
Inner maturity (jāta-buddhi) is presented as the prerequisite for meaningful counsel and action; the forest setting underscores simplicity and discipline as formative influences.
Vamśānucarita: it continues the life-story development of a lineage figure whose role connects to Manvantara ordering.
The forest represents withdrawal from worldly noise; ‘awakening of intellect’ indicates the surfacing of dharmic discernment, preparing the figure for governance/order-making functions.