Shloka 16
Adhyaya 74 — King Svarashtra, the Deer-Queen’s Curse, and the Rise of Tamasa Manu
विज्ञाय सानुरागं तं पृष्ठस्पर्शनतत्परम् ।
नरेन्द्रं तद्वनस्यान्तः सा मृगी तमुवाच ह ॥
vijñāya sānurāgaṃ taṃ pṛṣṭha-sparśana-tatparam | narendraṃ tad-vanasyāntaḥ sā mṛgī tam uvāca ha ||
तं रागपूर्णं पृष्ठस्पर्शनपरायणं ज्ञात्वा सा मृगी वने राजानमिदं वाक्यमब्रवीत्।
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FAQs
Desire is recognizable by behavior; the narrative uses the speaking doe to confront the king’s intention and to introduce a corrective discourse on propriety.
Didactic narrative episode, not cosmology or genealogy proper.
The ‘inner forest’ is the inner psyche; the speaking animal functions as inner prajñā (warning intelligence) that surfaces when passion begins to dominate.