Shloka 44
Adhyaya 74 — King Svarashtra, the Deer-Queen’s Curse, and the Rise of Tamasa Manu
मार्कण्डेय उवाच एवमुक्तस्ततः सोऽपि राजा प्राप्य परां मुदम् ।
पुत्रो ममारिञ्जित्वेति पृथिव्यां भविता मनुः ॥
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca evam uktas tataḥ so 'pi rājā prāpya parāṃ mudam / putro mamāriñjitveti pṛthivyāṃ bhavitā manuḥ
मार्कण्डेय म्हणाले—असे ऐकून तो राजाही परम आनंदित झाला, (असे मनात धरून) ‘माझा पुत्र शत्रूंना जिंकून पृथ्वीवर मनु होईल।’
FAQs
Legitimate joy arises when personal lineage is perceived as serving a larger dharmic function—here, the birth of a Manu, emblem of ordered society.
Manvantara: the narrative explicitly points to the emergence of a Manu, a central organizing feature of Purāṇic time-cycles.
The king’s joy reflects the inward recognition that individual life-events can be vehicles for cosmic administration (ṛta/dharma) through the Manu principle.