Varaha Purana 11.93: Adhyaya 11, Shloka 93
Hospitality at Gauramukha’s Hermitage and the Power of the Wish-Fulfilling Jewel
तप्ततेजास्त्रिभिर्बाणैर्विघसं संप्रविध्यत । संघसं दशभिर्बाणैः सुरश्मिः प्रत्यविध्यत ॥ ११.९४ ॥
taptatejās tribhir bāṇair vighasaṃ saṃpravidhyata | saṃghasaṃ daśabhir bāṇaiḥ suraśmiḥ pratyavidhyata || 11.94 ||
तप्ततेजस ने विघस को तीन बाण मारे। और सुरश्मि ने सुघोष को दस बाण मारे। दोनों तरफ से बाण चल रहे थे।
Varāha (default narrative voice per dialogue framework; explicit speaker not indicated in excerpt)
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It exemplifies a common Purāṇic narrative technique: concise martial description using fixed epic diction (e.g., bāṇa ‘arrow’, verbal roots for ‘piercing/striking’) to mark turns in combat and establish character agency.
No geographic location is named in this verse; it functions as a combat-action unit within a larger narrative setting.
The verse is primarily descriptive rather than didactic; its philosophical relevance lies in illustrating reciprocal action (counter-strike) within a narrative of conflict, often used in Purāṇic literature to frame discussions of duty, power, and consequence elsewhere in the chapter.
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