Varaha Purana 201.15: Adhyaya 201, Shloka 15
The Battle between the Rākṣasas and Yama’s Attendant-Messengers
राक्षसाः ऊचुः ॥ श्रान्ता वा क्षुधिता वापि दुःखिता वा तपोधनाः ॥ अमात्याः एव ज्ञातव्याः भृत्याः शतसहस्रशः ॥
rākṣasā ūcuḥ || śrāntā vā kṣudhitā vāpi duḥkhitā vā tapodhanāḥ || amātyā eva jñātavyā bhṛtyāḥ śatasahasraśaḥ ||
राक्षस ने कहा कि थके हो या भूके, दुखी हो या तप करते हो, ऐसे लोगों को मंत्री मान लो। और नौकरों की तो गिनती ही नहीं, लाखों की तादाद में हैं।
Rākṣasas
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It reflects a Purāṇic narrative style that integrates social and political vocabulary (e.g., amātya, bhṛtya) into mythic dialogue, offering evidence for the circulation of statecraft terms in broader Sanskrit literature.
No specific geographic toponym appears in this verse fragment.
The verse foregrounds recognition of persons of austerity (tapodhana) as worthy of counsel, implying that moral discipline can be treated as a qualification for advisory authority.
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