Shloka 28
Adhyaya 74 — King Svarashtra, the Deer-Queen’s Curse, and the Rise of Tamasa Manu
इमाञ्चानुगतः प्रेम्णा वाञ्छितश्चानया वने । त्वया वियोजिता दुष्टे तस्माच्छापं ददामि ते ॥
imāṃ cānugataḥ premṇā vāñchitaś cānayā vane / tvayā viyojitā duṣṭe tasmāc chāpaṃ dadāmi te
अहं प्रेम्णा एनमन्वगच्छम्, अरण्ये च सा ममापि कामिनी जाता। त्वया पापे वियोजितावावाम्; तस्मात् त्वां शापं ददामि।
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FAQs
The curse functions as a narrative mechanism for karmic rebalancing: deliberate harm that separates beings rebounds as suffering and altered fate for the perpetrator.
Moral upākhyāna; it supports dharma instruction rather than enumerating sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita directly.
Separation (viyoga) symbolizes the ego’s disruptive intrusion into natural harmony; the śāpa externalizes the inner law that disharmony generates constricted rebirth.