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Shloka 26

Adhyaya 74King 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

ครั้นได้ยินถ้อยคำของเขา ราวกับมนุษย์กล่าววาจา ข้าพเจ้าก็หวาดกลัวและกล่าวแก่เขาว่า ‘ท่านเป็นผู้ใด ที่เข้ามาในครรภ์นี้ในรูปกวาง?’

vācamspeech, voice
vācam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootvāc (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन
śrutvāhaving heard
śrutvā:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootśru (श्रु धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (अव्ययकृदन्त/gerund); having heard
tataḥthen, thereafter
tataḥ:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottataḥ (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; temporal adverb
tasyaof him
tasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; genitive
mānuṣasyaof a human
mānuṣasya:
Upamāna (उपमान)
TypeNoun
Rootmānuṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; genitive (with iva)
ivalike, as if
iva:
Upamā (उपमा)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiva (अव्यय)
Formउपमावाचक-अव्यय; comparative particle
bhāṣataḥ(of him) speaking
bhāṣataḥ:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Genitive absolute-like)
TypeVerb
Rootbhāṣ (भाष् धातु)
Formवर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; genitive singular of present participle: 'of (him) speaking'
bhītāfrightened
bhītā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootbhīta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; predicate/subject qualifier
tamhim
tam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन
abruvamI said
abruvam:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootbrū (ब्रू धातु)
Formलङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; imperfect 1sg
kaḥwho
kaḥ:
Prashna (प्रश्न)
TypeNoun
Rootkim (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; interrogative pronoun
asiare you
asi:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootas (अस् धातु)
Formलट् (वर्तमान), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन
itithus
iti:
Vākyārtha-dyotaka (वाक्यार्थद्योतक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
Formइति-उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय; quotative marker
etāmthis
etām:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; demonstrative
yonimwomb, birth, species
yonim:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootyoni (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन
upāgataḥhaving come to, having attained
upāgataḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootupa + gam (गम् धातु)
Formकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; past participle: 'having come/attained'
Girl (past-life of the doe) to the stag

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Metaphysical identityYoni and embodimentFear and moral awakening

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.