Adhyaya 74 — Battle with Mahishasura
जीतिस्मरा भवित्री त्वं तस्मिन्गर्भमुपागते ।
स्मृतिं प्राप्य तथा वाचं मानुषीमीrayiṣ्यसि ॥
jītismarā bhavitrī tvaṃ tasmin garbham upāgate / smṛtiṃ prāpya tathā vācaṃ mānuṣīm īrayiṣyasi //
«Когда та беременность осуществится, ты сохранишь память о прежней жизни; обретя воспоминание вновь, ты также произнесёшь человеческую речь.»
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The verse affirms a Purāṇic psychology where memory and identity can persist across embodiments. It implies that moral responsibility and the continuity of karmic narrative do not end with a change of form.
Episode-level dharma narrative; only indirectly connected to vaṃśānucarita through the prophesied child and the continuity of persons across births.
Regaining ‘smṛti’ and ‘mānuṣī vāk’ signals the re-emergence of higher cognition (buddhi) within constrained circumstances—an inward ascent even before outward liberation from the animal form.