Shloka 27
Adhyaya 74 — King Svarashtra, the Deer-Queen’s Curse, and the Rise of Tamasa Manu
ततः स प्राह पुत्रोऽहमृषेर्निर्वृतिचक्षुषः । सुतपा नाम मृग्यान्तु साभिलाषो मृगोऽभवम् ॥
tataḥ sa prāha putro 'ham ṛṣer nirvṛticakṣuṣaḥ / sutapā nāma mṛgyāntu sābhilāṣo mṛgo 'bhavam
«Então ele disse: “Sou filho do sábio Nirvṛticakṣuṣ. Meu nome é Sutapā. Desejando a corça, tornei-me um cervo.”»
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FAQs
Even ascetic lineage does not immunize one from desire’s consequences; embodiment can reflect dominant impulses, and desire can precipitate a fall into lower forms.
Touches Vaṃśa (sage lineage) within an upākhyāna; still primarily moral narrative rather than cosmological accounting.
The sage’s son ‘becoming a stag’ illustrates kāma shaping form—an allegory for consciousness taking on the ‘species’ of its craving.