Shloka 55
Adhyaya 74 — King Svarashtra, the Deer-Queen’s Curse, and the Rise of Tamasa Manu
Sanskrit
जित्वा समस्तां पृथिवीं तामसाख्यः स पार्थिवः ।
तामसाख्यो मनुरभूत्तस्य मन्वन्तरं शृणु ॥
Transliteration
jitvā samastāṃ pṛthivīṃ tāmasākhyaḥ sa pārthivaḥ / tāmasākhyo manurabhuttasya manvantaraṃ śṛṇu
Translation
संपूर्ण पृथ्वी जिंकून तामस नावाचा तो राजा तामस मनु झाला. आता त्याचा मन्वंतर ऐक.
Speakers
Markandeya narrating (didactic shift into Manvantara listing)
Key Themes
Manvantara chronologyRoyal conquest as legitimizing motifCosmic administration through Manus