Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 74, Shloka 11
Adhyaya 74 — King Svarashtra, the Deer-Queen’s Curse, and the Rise of Tamasa Manu
अथ दूरे जलौघेन ह्रियमाणो महीपतिः ।
आससाद जले रौहीं स पुच्छे जगृहे च ताम् ॥
atha dūre jalaughena hriyamāṇo mahīpatiḥ | āsasāda jale rauhīṃ sa pucche jagṛhe ca tām ||
Pagkaraan, nang matangay nang malayo ng rumaragasang tubig, nasumpungan ng hari ang isang rauhī (babaeng usa) sa tubig, at hinawakan niya ito sa buntot.
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FAQs
In danger, the mind clings to whatever support appears; the episode also prefigures how clinging can shift from survival to attachment.
Episode within narrative (vaṃśānucarita-type storytelling), not cosmological enumeration.
The ‘deer’ often symbolizes the restless mind; grasping the deer’s tail hints at the attempt to control a volatile psyche while being swept by the currents of experience.