Varaha Purana 139.55: Adhyaya 139, Shloka 55
The Glory of Varāha’s Rite: Merits of Cow-dung Plastering, Sweeping, Singing, Instrumental Music, and Dance
with a Truth-Vow Exemplum
उवाच मधुरं वाक्यं चाण्डालं कृतनिश्चयम् ॥ क्व यासि त्वरितः साधो न च त्वं गन्तुमर्हसि ॥
uvāca madhuraṃ vākyaṃ cāṇḍālaṃ kṛta-niścayam || kva yāsi tvaritaḥ sādho na ca tvaṃ gantum arhasi ||
उसने चंडाल से प्यार से बात की, जो पक्का इरादे वाला था। बोला, इतनी जल्दी कहाँ जा रहे हो भाई? तुम्हे वहाँ नहीं जाना चाहिए।
Brahmarākṣasa (inferred: admonishing the caṇḍāla within the episode)
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