Shloka 45
Pracetās, Māriṣā, Dakṣa’s Re-manifestation, and the Brahma-parastava; Cyclic Creation and Genealogies
प्रवेपमानां सततं खिन्नगात्रलतां सतीम् गच्छ गच्छेति सक्रोधम् उवाच मुनिसत्तमः
pravepamānāṃ satataṃ khinnagātralatāṃ satīm gaccha gaccheti sakrodham uvāca munisattamaḥ
Seeing that virtuous woman continually trembling—her body worn and drooping like a bruised creeper—the best of sages, stirred to anger, said to her, “Go—go at once.”
Muni-sattamaḥ (the foremost sage) — within Parāśara’s narration to Maitreya
Concept: When dharma is threatened by deceit and temptation, the sage enforces boundaries decisively, even while witnessing the other’s frailty.
Vedantic Theme: Dharma
Application: Protect your commitments and practice by setting firm limits with influences that destabilize your vows or discipline.
Vishishtadvaita: Dharma is preserved through disciplined action; compassion need not negate decisive boundary-setting that safeguards spiritual order.
FAQs
It signals decisive moral intervention: the sage, as an upholder of dharma, acts urgently to restore order when a virtuous person is seen suffering.
By embedding ethical instruction inside lineage-episodes: the visible distress of the innocent prompts authoritative action, showing how dharma is protected in society through righteous power (tapas and discernment).
Even when Vishnu is not named in the verse, the Purana’s frame presents such restorations of justice as expressions of Vishnu’s sustaining sovereignty—dharma is preserved because the cosmos is ultimately upheld by the Supreme Lord.