Varaha Purana 201.10: Adhyaya 201, Shloka 10
The Battle between the Rākṣasas and Yama’s Attendant-Messengers
ब्रुवन्तश्च पुनर्हृष्टाः शीघ्रमाज्ञापय प्रभो ॥ तव सन्देशकर्त्तारः कस्य कृन्तामजीवितम् ॥
bruvantaś ca punar hṛṣṭāḥ śīghram ājñāpaya prabho || tava sandeśakarttāraḥ kasya kṛntām ajīvitam ||
वो खुश हो के फिर बोले, प्रभु जल्दी बताओ। आपके काम करने वाले हम हैं, किस की जान लें हम?
Mandeha rākṣasāḥ (implied by subsequent address in v.13)
FAQs
It preserves a stereotyped “retainer speech” formula in Sanskrit narrative: subordinates request orders, revealing hierarchical command structures in literary imagination.
No geographic location is identified.
The verse portrays eagerness for violence as a moral red flag, setting up an ethical contrast with impartial administration.
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