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
تب مُنیوں کے سردار کشیپ نے اپنی زوجہ کو ایک ور (نعمت) عطا کیا۔ ور دے کر، بے اضطراب کشیپ نے اس سے کہا۔
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.