Shloka 4
Adhyaya 75 — The Fall and Restoration of Revatī Nakṣatra and the Birth of Raivata Manu
यतः प्रभृति जातोऽसौ ततः प्रभृति सोऽप्यृषिः ।
दीर्घरोगपरामर्शमवाप मुनिपुङ्गवः ॥
yataḥ prabhṛti jāto 'sau tataḥ prabhṛti so 'py ṛṣiḥ | dīrgha-roga-parāmarśam avāpa muni-puṅgavaḥ ||
Từ lúc đứa trẻ ấy chào đời, ngay từ thời khắc ấy, vị hiền triết—bậc ‘ngưu vương’ trong hàng các hiền giả—đã bị một chứng bệnh dai dẳng quấn lấy.
FAQs
The Purāṇic storyline often binds private life-events to moral-cosmic causality. Here, the co-arising of birth and affliction frames a teaching on the burdens of household life and the mysterious interweaving of fate and responsibility.
Vaṃśānucarita (narrative detail within a lineage account).
The ‘simultaneity’ of birth and disease can symbolize the dual nature of embodiment: every new manifestation (birth) carries inherent limitation (vyādhi), urging detachment and discernment.