# Pracetas Rule Maitreya next reverted back to the activities of the Pracetas after they had completed their 10,000 years of austerity. \[14[^1]] Satisfied by their cooperation, friendship and austerity, the Lord appeared before the Pracetas and glorified their activities. He instructed them to marry, procreate and become exemplars of *bhakti* in householder life. Having received this instruction, the Pracetas offered eloquent prayers to the Lord and begged to remain in the association of Vaisnavas so they could always hear about Krishna. When the Pracetas emerged from the water, they saw that the earth was covered with overgrown trees, preventing progressive agriculture and farming of the land. In anger, they generated fire from their mouths and began burning everything up so that the earth would be cleared for cultivation. After Brahma pacified them, they married Marisa, the daughter of Pamaloca, who was left in the care of the trees. Daksa, who had offended Siva, was reborn from their union. The Pracetas ruled for thousands of years, and then decided to renounce it all. They left Marisa in the care of Daksa and departed the kingdom for a life of spiritual absorption. After reaching their destination, they chanced upon Narada Muni, who instructed them to perform undiverted *bhakti*, which captures the Lord in the heart. [^1]: Described in [Canto Four, Chapter 24](https://vedabase.io/en/library/sb/4/24/) --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://bhagavata.keshavaswami.com/canto-04/s.k.i.p/p-pracinabarhisat-pracetas-and-puranjana-24-31/pracetas-rule.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.