ताटकावृत्तान्तः
The Account of Tāṭakā and the Royal Duty to Protect
अगस्त्य: परमक्रुद्धस्ताटकामपि शप्तवान्।।1.25.11।।पुरुषादी महायक्षी विरूपा विकृतानना।इदं रूपं विहायाथ दारुणं रूपमस्तु ते।।1.25.12।।
puruṣādī mahā-yakṣī virūpā vikṛtānanā | idaṃ rūpaṃ vihāyātha dāruṇaṃ rūpam astu te || 1.25.12 ||
「人を喰らう者となれ、大いなるヤクシニーよ。醜く歪み、恐ろしき顔の者よ。この姿を捨てよ。今より汝には凄惨なる姿が与えられん。」
Mighty angry, Agastya cursed Tataka saying, 'Abandon this form of a great yakshini and assume the terrible figure of a rakshasi, a cannibal with distorted appearance and a hideous countenance'.
Adharma deforms identity: the verse frames moral corruption as leading to a dreadful state, warning that violent intent reshapes one’s nature.
The content of Agastya’s curse is stated: Tāṭakā is condemned to a terrifying, predatory existence.
The ascetic’s truth-bearing speech (satya-vāk): words of a realized sage are depicted as decisive and reality-shaping.