Shloka 32
Daitya–Dānava Vaṁśa, Kaśyapa’s Progeny, and the Birth of the Maruts
स च तस्यै वरं प्रादाद् भार्यायै मुनिसत्तमः दत्त्वा च वरम् अव्यग्रः कश्यपस् ताम् उवाच ह
sa ca tasyai varaṃ prādād bhāryāyai munisattamaḥ dattvā ca varam avyagraḥ kaśyapas tām uvāca ha
Then the best of sages granted a boon to his wife. Having bestowed it, the unperturbed Kaśyapa spoke to her.
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: Diti’s request to Kaśyapa and the ensuing circumstances leading to the birth of adversarial beings (daityas/maruts).
Teaching: Historical
Quality: authoritative
Concept: A boon granted by a self-possessed sage illustrates how intention and restraint govern the fruit of actions.
Vedantic Theme: Dharma
Application: Seek boons/benefits with discernment and maintain steadiness after decisions are made.
Vishishtadvaita: The moral order (dharma) operates under the Lord’s governance, with sages as instruments within that order.
FAQs
A boon functions as the causal hinge that authorizes and shapes future progeny, thereby advancing the Purana’s mapping of cosmic and ancestral lineages.
By portraying Kaśyapa as a composed, authoritative sage who grants boons, Parāśara situates him as a key Prajāpati through whom ordered creation and lineage unfold.
Even when Vishnu is not named in the verse, the Purana frames such lineage-events as operating within Vishnu’s sovereign cosmic order, where sages and progenitors act as instruments of that higher governance.