Varaha Purana 201.47: Adhyaya 201, Shloka 47
The Battle between the Rākṣasas and Yama’s Attendant-Messengers
शासेमहि यथाकामं यथादृष्टं यथाश्रुतम् ॥ त्वया ग्राह्यो ह्यहं देव मृत्युना च सुसंवृतः ॥
śāsemahi yathākāmaṃ yathādṛṣṭaṃ yathāśrutam || tvayā grāhyo hyahaṃ deva mṛtyunā ca susaṃvṛtaḥ ||
«فلنُدبِّر ونقضي كما نشاء—وفق ما رُئي ووفق ما سُمِع. ومع ذلك، ينبغي أن تُمسكني أنتَ، أيها الإله، وأنا أيضًا مُحاطٌ بإحكامٍ بالموت».
Varāha (default speaker framework; explicit speaker not stated in excerpt)
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It juxtaposes human/agentive governance (“as desired”) with the inevitability of mortality, a recurring Purāṇic theme connecting ethics to finitude.
No location is identified in this verse.
It implies that authority and choice operate within limits set by mortality and overarching order; actions remain accountable despite power.
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