Varaha Purana 11.91: Adhyaya 11, Shloka 91
Hospitality at Gauramukha’s Hermitage and the Power of the Wish-Fulfilling Jewel
महामायास्तु समरे दुर्ज्जयस्य महात्मनः । युयुधुर्मणिजैः सार्द्धं महासैन्यपरिच्छदाः ॥ ११.९२ ॥
mahāmāyāstu samare durjjayasya mahātmanaḥ | yuyudhur maṇijaiḥ sārdhaṃ mahāsainyaparicchadāḥ || 11.92 ||
Daraufhin kämpften die Mahāmāyās in der Schlacht zusammen mit den Maṇijas, mit großem Heeresaufgebot vollständig ausgerüstet, für den großherzigen Durjjaya (den Schwerbezwingbaren).
Varāha (default narrative voice; speaker not explicit in excerpt)
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It reflects a common Purāṇic narrative technique: cataloging named groups and martial formations to frame large-scale conflict episodes, a motif shared across early Sanskrit narrative literature.
No geographic location is explicitly named in this verse; the content is focused on battlefield participants and their alignment with Durjjaya.
No direct ethical injunction is stated; the verse primarily functions as narrative description, presenting organized collective action and martial readiness within the story’s conflict setting.
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