Varaha Purana 165.18: Adhyaya 165, Shloka 18
The Glory of Mathurā: The Account of Piṇḍa-Offering at the Catuḥsāmudrika Well
मांसं ते भक्षयिष्यामि पिबामि तव शोणितम् ॥ इत्याकर्ण्य वचस्तस्य स वणिग्वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥
māṃsaṃ te bhakṣayiṣyāmi pibāmi tava śoṇitam | ityākarṇya vacas tasya sa vaṇig vākyam abravīt ||
मैं तेरा मांस खाऊँगा, तेरा खून पीऊँगा। यह सुन के सौदागर ने जवाब दिया।
Preta (first line); Varāha (narration, second line)
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The explicit threat functions as a narrative extreme that prompts ethical reasoning; such polarizing speech is a standard device to elicit a principled response from the threatened party.
No geographic name appears here; the verse focuses on speech-action within the encounter.
It introduces the moment where dialogue—rather than flight—becomes the means of negotiating survival and moral responsibility.
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