Varaha Purana 137.78: Adhyaya 137, Shloka 78
The Tale of the Vulture and the She-Jackal: The Māhātmya of the Saukarava Sacred Field
ततो रात्र्यां व्यतीतायां प्रभातसमये शुभे ॥ पठन्ति मागधा बन्दिसूता वैतालिकास्तथा
tato rātryāṃ vyatītāyāṃ prabhātasamaye śubhe || paṭhanti māgadhā bandisūtā vaitālikās tathā
जब रात गुज़र गई और सुबह हुई, मगध के गाने वाले और बन्दी-सूत लोग गाने लगे। वैतालिक भी गाने लगे।
Varāha (default dialogue frame; speaker not explicit in fragment)
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It documents literary categories of professional praise-singers (Māgadha, Vaitālika, bandin, sūta), contributing to reconstructions of courtly performance and social roles in Sanskrit culture.
No explicit site is named; “Māgadha” here most plausibly denotes a class of panegyrists (though it also relates to the Magadha region in other contexts).
The verse is descriptive; it primarily conveys cultural practice rather than an ethical prescription.
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