Shloka 28
Adhyaya 74 — King Svarashtra, the Deer-Queen’s Curse, and the Rise of Tamasa Manu
इमाञ्चानुगतः प्रेम्णा वाञ्छितश्चानया वने । त्वया वियोजिता दुष्टे तस्माच्छापं ददामि ते ॥
imāṃ cānugataḥ premṇā vāñchitaś cānayā vane / tvayā viyojitā duṣṭe tasmāc chāpaṃ dadāmi te
میں محبت کے سبب اس کے پیچھے گیا، اور جنگل میں وہ بھی مجھے چاہنے لگی۔ اے بدکردار لڑکی، تو نے ہمیں جدا کیا؛ اس لیے میں تجھے بددعا دیتا ہوں۔
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FAQs
The curse functions as a narrative mechanism for karmic rebalancing: deliberate harm that separates beings rebounds as suffering and altered fate for the perpetrator.
Moral upākhyāna; it supports dharma instruction rather than enumerating sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita directly.
Separation (viyoga) symbolizes the ego’s disruptive intrusion into natural harmony; the śāpa externalizes the inner law that disharmony generates constricted rebirth.