Shloka 18
Adhyaya 63 — The Birth of Svarocis and the Rescue of Manoramā: The Astra-Heart and the Healing of Curses
तस्मात्त्वामचिरेणैव राक्षसोऽभिभविष्यसि । दत्ते शापे मत्सखीभ्यां स तु निर्भत्सितो मुनिः ॥
tasmāt tvām acireṇaiva rākṣaso 'bhibhaviṣyasi / datte śāpe matsakhībhyāṃ sa tu nirbhatsito muniḥ
“Oleh itu, tidak lama lagi seorang Rākṣasa akan menundukkanmu.” Setelah sumpahan itu diucapkan, resi tersebut kemudian dicela dan dimaki oleh dua sahabatku.
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FAQs
The curse frames a karmic pedagogy: disrespect toward tapas invites a force that ‘overpowers’ (abhibhava)—symbolically, lower impulses or hostile forces dominate when reverence and self-control collapse.
Ākhyāna supporting dharma instruction; not a direct manvantara or creation account, but a moral-causal narrative typical of puranic composition.
The Rākṣasa can be read as the externalization of inner disorder unleashed by aparādha. The friends’ reviling of the sage shows secondary complicity—how group dynamics amplify adharma, deepening consequences.