Varaha Purana 196.7: Adhyaya 196, Shloka 7
Description of the City of Dharmarāja
Yama
नरनारीसमाकीर्णा गजवाजिसमाकुलाः ॥ नानादेशसमुत्थानैर्नानाजातिभिरेव च
nara-nārī-samākīrṇā gaja-vāji-samākulāḥ || nānā-deśa-samutthānair nānā-jātibhir eva ca
शहर में औरत और मर्द भरे थे। हाथी और घोड़े भी थे वहाँ। लोग बहुत जगह से आए थे। अलग-अलग जात के लोग थे।
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The verse reflects a literary ideal of a prosperous center characterized by mobility, animals of status (elephants/horses), and multi-regional presence.
No explicit place-name appears; the description is typological rather than geographically fixed.
The passage primarily describes social plenitude and cosmopolitan presence without issuing a direct ethical injunction.
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