Varaha Purana 171.12: Adhyaya 171, Shloka 12
Śuka’s Ocean Voyage: Adverse Winds, Arrival at a Viṣṇu Shrine, and Aid from the Jaṭāyu Birds
हा कष्टं हि कथं किञ्च कुत्र गच्छामहे वयम् ॥ तेषां तु वचनं श्रुत्वा ज्ञात्वा दुर्वातपीडनम् ॥ आक्षिपद्वाग्भिरुग्राभिरन्योन्यं शङ्क्य मूर्च्छिताः ॥
hā kaṣṭaṃ hi kathaṃ kiñca kutra gacchāmahe vayam || teṣāṃ tu vacanaṃ śrutvā jñātvā durvātapīḍanam || ākṣipad vāgbhir ugrābhir anyonyaṃ śaṅkya mūrcchitāḥ ||
लोग बोलने लगे अरे कितना बुरा हुआ। अब क्या करें, कहाँ जाएं? यह सुन कर और तेज़ हवा को देख कर सब घबरा गए। एक दूसरे पर गुस्से से बोलने लगे। एक दूसरे को दोष देने लगे। फिर बेहोश हो गए।
Varāha (default frame; speaker not explicit in fragment)
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It captures a realistic social dynamic in peril—panic, blame, and breakdown—within a Purāṇic narrative frame, useful for studying moral psychology in Sanskrit literature.
No location is identified; the verse remains within the maritime crisis setting.
Under distress, harsh speech and suspicion are portrayed as destabilizing reactions, implicitly contrasting with composed and cooperative conduct.
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