Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 74, 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
Bấy giờ Tāmasa ấy, được cha nuôi dưỡng trong rừng, khi trí hiểu đã thức tỉnh, liền thưa với cha những lời này, hỡi bậc hiền triết tối thượng.
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.