Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 74, Shloka 33
Adhyaya 74 — King Svarashtra, the Deer-Queen’s Curse, and the Rise of Tamasa Manu
ततो भृशं प्रव्यथिता प्रणम्य मुनिमब्रुवम् ।
स्वरूपस्थमतिक्रुद्धं प्रसीदेति पुनः पुनः ॥
tato bhṛśaṃ pravyathitā praṇamya munim abruvam / svarūpastham atikruddhaṃ prasīdeti punaḥ punaḥ //
于是我悲痛至极，向那圣贤俯首礼拜，并一再对他祈求——他虽仍现本相，却怒火炽盛——道：“垂怜吧，垂怜吧！”
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FAQs
The verse shows the conventional dharmic response to offense—humble prostration and repeated request for grace. Yet it also prepares the lesson that appeasement may fail when the other party is governed by unrestrained krodha.
Didactic narrative illustrating conduct and consequence; not a pancalakṣaṇa cosmological unit.
Repeated ‘prasīda’ is akin to a mantra of reconciliation; its failure here underscores that inner transformation (of anger) is prerequisite for outer resolution.