Shloka 57

Origins of the Maruts — Origins of the Maruts Across the Manvantaras (Pulastya–Narada Dialogue)

Devanagari script

तामसस्य मनोः पुत्रो ऋतध्वज इति श्रुतः स पुत्रर्थो जुहावाग्नौ स्वमांसं रुधिरं तथा

Transliteration

tāmasasya manoḥ putro ṛtadhvaja iti śrutaḥ sa putrartho juhāvāgnau svamāṃsaṃ rudhiraṃ tathā

Translation

โอรสของมนูตา́มสะเป็นที่เลื่องลือว่า ฤตธวชะ ด้วยความปรารถนาจะได้บุตร เขาได้บูชายัญลงในไฟด้วยเนื้อและโลหิตของตนเอง

Speakers

• Narrator/teacher voice continuing the Tāmasa-Manvantara account; interlocutors not explicit in the excerpt.

Primary Deities

• Agni

Key Themes

• Putrārtha rites (desire for progeny)
• Austerity and extreme sacrifice
• Ritual power and merit
• Manvantara genealogies

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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