Shloka 26
Adhyaya 74 — King Svarashtra, the Deer-Queen’s Curse, and the Rise of Tamasa Manu
वाचं श्रुत्वा ततस्तस्य मानुषस्येव भाषतः । भीता तमब्रुवं कोऽसीत्येतां योनिमुपागतः ॥
vācaṃ śrutvā tataḥ tasya mānuṣasyeva bhāṣataḥ / bhītā tam abruvaṃ ko 'sīty etāṃ yonim upāgataḥ
అతడు మనిషిలా మాట్లాడిన మాటలు విని నేను భయపడి అతనితో ఇలా అన్నాను—‘నీవెవరు? జింకరూపంతో ఈ గర్భంలోకి ఎలా వచ్చావు?’
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FAQs
Moral shock can open inquiry: fear here becomes the pivot from careless action to reflection on the hidden spiritual status of beings.
Upākhyāna serving as dharma instruction; ancillary to the Purāṇa’s broader goals rather than a core pancalakṣaṇa enumeration.
The ‘human voice in animal form’ signals that consciousness is not reducible to body; it hints at tapas and curse as forces that can overlay the jīva’s expression.