Shloka 10
Adhyaya 74 — King Svarashtra, the Deer-Queen’s Curse, and the Rise of Tamasa Manu
Sanskrit
ततोऽतिपूरेण नृपः स नद्याः प्रेरितस्तटम् ।
प्रार्थयन्नापि नावाप ह्रियमाणो महीपतिः ॥
Transliteration
tato ’tipūreṇa nṛpaḥ sa nadyāḥ preritastaṭam | prārthayannāpi nāvāpa hriyamāṇo mahīpatiḥ ||
Translation
Тогда, гонимый великим разливом реки, царь был вынужден к берегу; хотя он умолял, лодки не нашёл, и владыка земли уносился потоком.
Speakers
Narrator voice within Mārkaṇḍeya’s narration (context continues into v.19 where Mārkaṇḍeya is explicitly named as speaker)
Key Themes
Peril and helplessnessNature’s overwhelming forceNarrative transition to an encounter