Shloka 37
Adhyaya 63 — The Birth of Svarocis and the Rescue of Manoramā: The Astra-Heart and the Healing of Curses
उपकारी न मे त्वत्तो महाभागाधिकःऽपरः ।
येनाहं सुमहाकष्टान्महाशापाद्विमोक्षितः ॥
upakārī na me tvatto mahābhāgādhiko 'paraḥ | yenāhaṃ sumahākaṣṭānmahāśāpādvimokṣitaḥ
‘மிகப் பாக்கியவதியே! உம்மைவிட எனக்கு பெரிய உபகாரி யாருமில்லை; ஏனெனில் நீர் என்னை மகாசாபமும் மாபெரும் துன்பமும் இருந்து விடுவித்தீர்.’
FAQs
The text models kṛtajñatā: acknowledging help received is itself a dhārmic virtue. It also suggests that compassion can convert hostility into reverence.
Manvantara: ethical exemplification within a cycle of time.
When the ‘demonic’ tendency is subdued, it can become an ally—raw energy redirected into devotion and acknowledgment, rather than predation.