Shloka 25
Adhyaya 9 — Vasiṣṭha and Viśvāmitra’s Mutual Curse: The Āḍi–Baka Battle and Brahmā’s Pacification
ततस्तौ पूर्वदेहस्थौ प्राह देवः प्रजापतिः ।
व्युदस्ते तामसे भावे वशिष्ठ०-कौशिकर्षभौ ॥
tatastau pūrvadehasthau prāha devaḥ prajāpatiḥ / vyudaste tāmase bhāve vaśiṣṭha0-kauśikarṣabhau
ついで彼らが旧来の身体に復したとき、衆生の主たる神（プラジャーパティ、すなわちブラフマー）は、タマス的境地に投げ込まれていた賢者中の二頭の雄牛—ヴァシシュタとカウシカ—に語りかけた。
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FAQs
Spiritual stature (ṛṣabha) does not immunize one from tamas when anger and rivalry take over. Restoration to the ‘former body’ underscores that returning to one’s rightful station requires returning to rightful conduct.
Carita/Vaṃśānucarita-type narrative: an exemplary incident used to teach dharma and restraint, not a cosmological Sarga/Pratisarga passage.
The ‘former body’ can be read as the reestablishment of one’s svabhāva (proper nature). Brahmā’s speech functions as the voice of cosmic intelligence reorienting distorted will.