Varaha Purana 10.32: Adhyaya 10, Shloka 32
The Threefold Division by the Guṇas, the Deities’ Attainment of Worship, and the Opening of the Durjaya Episode
दुर्जयोऽपि महद्राज्यं हस्त्यश्व रथवाजिभिः । संयोज्य चिन्तयामास राज्यवृद्धिं प्रति प्रभुः ॥ १०.३३ ॥
durjayo 'pi mahadrājyaṃ hasty-aśva-ratha-vājibhiḥ | saṃyojya cintayāmāsa rājya-vṛddhiṃ prati prabhuḥ || 10.33 ||
Aunque aquel gran reino era difícil de conquistar, el señor, tras reunir un vasto dominio con elefantes, caballos, carros y caballería, meditó sobre el acrecentamiento de su soberanía.
Varāha (default speaker framework; not explicit in fragment)
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It reflects a classical South Asian political idiom in which state capacity is described through organized military resources (elephants, horses, chariots), offering evidence for how Purāṇic narratives encode ideas of kingship and governance.
No specific geographic location is named in this verse fragment.
The verse foregrounds deliberation and strategic reflection by a ruler regarding the growth of the polity, presenting governance as an activity requiring planning rather than mere force.
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