Shloka 47
Adhyaya 63 — The Birth of Svarocis and the Rescue of Manoramā: The Astra-Heart and the Healing of Curses
तस्मात्त्वं राक्षसः पाप मच्छापेन निराकृतः । भविष्यसि न सन्देहः सपरात्रेण दारुणः ॥
tasmāt tvaṃ rākṣasaḥ pāpa macchāpena nirākṛtaḥ | bhaviṣyasi na sandehaḥ saptarātreṇa dāruṇaḥ ||
तस्मात् पापिन्, मम शापेन परित्यक्तः, राक्षसो भविष्यसि; न संशयः—सप्त रात्र्यन्तरे घोरं (भविष्यति)।
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FAQs
Adharma can precipitate a fall in nature itself: character deforms into a ‘rākṣasa’ disposition. The seven-night limit underscores that consequences may ripen swiftly once the moral threshold is crossed.
Not a pancalakṣaṇa pillar; it is a moral-causal narrative (ākhyāna) demonstrating the efficacy of a tapasvin’s speech-act (śāpa).
Seven nights can suggest a complete cycle of inner energies (a short ‘week’ of transformation): the curse externalizes the already-present rākṣasa tendency, making the inner state visible as form.