Shloka 22
Adhyaya 74 — King Svarashtra, the Deer-Queen’s Curse, and the Rise of Tamasa Manu
राजोवाच किन्तु यावत्कृतं कर्म येनेमां योनिमागता । पतिव्रता धर्मपरा सा चेत्थं सथमीदृशी ॥
rājovāca kintu yāvat kṛtaṃ karma yenemāṃ yonim āgatā / pativratā dharmaparā sā cetthaṃ satham īdṛśī
بادشاہ نے کہا—اس نے کون سا عمل کیا کہ وہ اس رحم میں آئی؟ اگر وہ پتिवرتا اور دین (دھرم) کی پابند تھی تو وہ ایسی کیسے بن گئی؟
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FAQs
Even a generally dharmic life can be undermined by a specific harmful act; the verse underscores scrutiny of particular actions (especially those causing harm) rather than relying on broad self-image or social status.
Didactic upākhyāna serving dharma instruction; not a cosmological section but a moral exemplum embedded in Purāṇic narration.
The ‘pativratā yet animal birth’ motif points to the subtlety of karma: outward virtue does not cancel unrepented cruelty; saṃskāras and specific violations can shape embodiment.