Shloka 50
Pracetās, Māriṣā, Dakṣa’s Re-manifestation, and the Brahma-parastava; Cyclic Creation and Genealogies
वृक्षाग्रगर्भसंभूता मारिषाख्या वरानना तां प्रदास्यन्ति वो वृक्षाः कोप एष प्रशाम्यताम्
vṛkṣāgragarbhasaṃbhūtā māriṣākhyā varānanā tāṃ pradāsyanti vo vṛkṣāḥ kopa eṣa praśāmyatām
Born from the womb that formed upon the tops of the trees is the fair-faced maiden named Māriṣā. The trees will present her to you—therefore let this anger of yours be calmed.
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya; verse conveys the pacifying assurance given to the Pracetās)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: Naming and presentation of Māriṣā, and pacifying anger—transition from marvel to social resolution and lineage continuity.
Teaching: Genealogical
Quality: compassionate
Concept: Anger should be pacified when dharmic resolution is offered; reconciliation safeguards social order and the continuity of righteous lineage.
Vedantic Theme: Dharma
Application: Practice de-escalation—pause, accept sincere restitution, and choose reconciliation over prolonged resentment.
Vishishtadvaita: Ethics is grounded in a divinely ordered world where relationships and lineage unfold within a purposeful cosmic governance.
Dharma Exemplar: Kṣamā (forbearance)—the verse explicitly urges the calming of anger.
Key Kings: Māriṣā
FAQs
It marks a wondrous, dharma-aligned origin that redirects the Pracetās from destructive anger toward sanctioned progeny, preserving cosmic and genealogical order.
By narrating that a destined bride—Māriṣā—will be given to them by the trees themselves, Parāśara shows how providential arrangement resolves conflict and restores balance.
Even when not named in the verse, the episode reflects Vishnu’s sustaining sovereignty: wrath that threatens creation is restrained, and events turn toward orderly continuation of beings.