Shloka 43
इत्य् उक्त्वा तं ततो गत्वा यथावृत्तं पुरोहिताः दैत्यराजाय सकलम् आचचक्षुर् महामुने
ity uktvā taṃ tato gatvā yathāvṛttaṃ purohitāḥ daityarājāya sakalam ācacakṣur mahāmune
Having spoken thus to him, the priests then departed; and, O great sage, they went and reported to the king of the Daityas the entire matter exactly as it had occurred.
Sage Parāśara (narrating) addressing Maitreya (mahāmune)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: How the Daitya king learned of the failure and what followed in the persecution narrative.
Teaching: Historical
Quality: authoritative
Phase: Persecution
Bhakti Quality: Steadfastness that triggers escalating opposition; devotion remains unshaken despite political pressure.
FAQs
It signals an exact, orderly recounting of events—emphasizing that outcomes in deva–daitya narratives unfold through discernible causes and consequences within cosmic law (dharma/ṛta).
Parāśara maintains the framed dialogue by addressing Maitreya directly (“mahāmune”) and advancing the plot through a formal report to the Daitya king, a common Purāṇic device to transition scenes.
Even when Vishnu is not named in the verse, the Purāṇic world assumes his supreme governance: the asura court’s deliberations and reports occur within the larger moral and cosmic order ultimately upheld by Vishnu.