Shloka 49
Adhyaya 74 — King Svarashtra, the Deer-Queen’s Curse, and the Rise of Tamasa Manu
ततः स तामसस्तेन पित्रा संवर्धितो वने ।
जातबुद्धिरुवाचेदं पितरं मुनिसत्तम ॥
tataḥ sa tāmasas tena pitrā saṃvardhito vane / jāta-buddhir uvācedaṃ pitaraṃ muni-sattama
پھر وہ تامس اپنے باپ کے ہاتھوں جنگل میں پرورش پایا؛ جب اس کی سمجھ بیدار ہوئی تو، اے بہترین زاہد، اس نے اپنے والد سے یہ باتیں کہیں۔
FAQs
Inner maturity (jāta-buddhi) is presented as the prerequisite for meaningful counsel and action; the forest setting underscores simplicity and discipline as formative influences.
Vamśānucarita: it continues the life-story development of a lineage figure whose role connects to Manvantara ordering.
The forest represents withdrawal from worldly noise; ‘awakening of intellect’ indicates the surfacing of dharmic discernment, preparing the figure for governance/order-making functions.