Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 72, Shloka 18
Adhyaya 72 — The Reconciliation Rite, Sarasvati Sacrifice, and the Birth of Uttama Manu (Auttama Manvantara Prelude)
आनीता चातिहार्देन सा ददर्श तदा पतिम् ।
उवाच च प्रसीदेति भूयोभूयो मुदान्विता ॥
ānītā cātihārdena sā dadarśa tadā patim | uvāca ca prasīdeti bhūyobhūyo mudānvitā ||
ਵੱਡੇ ਸਨੇਹ ਨਾਲ ਉੱਥੇ ਲਿਆਂਦੀ ਗਈ ਉਹ ਫਿਰ ਆਪਣੇ ਪਤੀ ਨੂੰ ਵੇਖ ਕੇ ਖੁਸ਼ੀ ਨਾਲ ਭਰ ਗਈ ਅਤੇ ਵਾਰ ਵਾਰ ਬੋਲੀ—“ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰੋ, ਪ੍ਰਸੰਨ ਹੋਵੋ।”
FAQs
Affectionate speech and reconciliation are shown as socially stabilizing virtues; the wife’s repeated “prasīda” frames a respectful approach before petitioning for help.
Primarily Ācāra/Dharma-oriented narrative material (not sarga/pratisarga/vaṃśa/manvantara in this immediate verse).
The softening of the king’s mind prefigures vāg-śakti (power of speech) restoration later—emotional harmony becomes the doorway to rectifying a defect in speech.