Shloka 37

Adhyaya 76 — The Sixth Manvantara: Cakshusha Manu, the Child-Snatcher, and the Problem of Kinship

Sanskrit

सोऽहं तपः करिष्यामि त्वया यो ह्यस्य भूपतेः ।

विशालग्रामतः पुत्रश्चैत्र आनीयतामिह ॥

Transliteration

so 'haṃ tapaḥ kariṣyāmi tvayā yo hyasya bhūpateḥ / viśālagrāmataḥ putraścaitra ānīyatāmiha

Translation

لہٰذا میں تپسیا کروں گا۔ اس راجا کا بیٹا چَیتر—وشالگرام سے تم لوگ اسے یہاں لے آؤ۔

Speakers

• Ānanda addressing the king (within Mārkaṇḍeya’s narration)

Key Themes

• Tapas (austerity) as means
• Renunciation from household entanglement
• Narrative turning-point