Varaha Purana 201.14: Adhyaya 201, Shloka 14
The Battle between the Rākṣasas and Yama’s Attendant-Messengers
हत्वा वै पापकानेतान्मम विप्रियकारिणः ॥ एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचस्तस्य वचनं चेदमब्रुवन् ॥
hatvā vai pāpakān etān mama vipriyakāriṇaḥ || etac chrutvā vacas tasya vacanaṃ cedam abruvan ||
इन पापियों को मारो, क्योंकि इन्होंने मेरी इच्छा के खिलाफ काम किया। यह सुन के वो बोले।
Narrator (default: Varāha framework; direct speech attributed to Citragupta then response by Mandehas)
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It preserves a common Sanskrit narrative hinge: quoted command followed by ‘having heard, they replied,’ useful for discourse analysis and oral-formulaic study.
No geographic location is identified.
The verse reinforces the moral category of pāpaka (wrongdoer) within a system of authority and consequence, while remaining descriptive rather than prescriptive.
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