Shloka 23
Adhyaya 74 — Battle with Mahishasura
मृग्युवाच अहं पितृगृहे बाला सखीभिः सहिता वनम् । रन्तुं गता ददर्शैकं मृगं मृग्या समागतम् ॥
mṛgy uvāca ahaṃ pitṛgṛhe bālā sakhībhiḥ sahitā vanam / rantuṃ gatā dadarśaikaṃ mṛgaṃ mṛgyā samāgatam
Rusa betina berkata: “Ketika aku masih gadis di rumah ayahku, aku pergi ke hutan bersama teman-teman untuk bermain. Di sana aku melihat seekor rusa jantan bersatu dengan seekor rusa betina.”
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FAQs
The scene frames harm as arising from heedlessness: casual amusement can lead to serious ethical breach when it disrupts the life-process of others.
Upākhyāna (illustrative moral tale) rather than the five formal characteristics; it functions as dharma-teaching through story.
The forest encounter symbolizes the liminal zone where untrained impulses meet natural law; interference there triggers ‘return’ in kind—rebirth into the very species disturbed.