Varaha Purana 201.28: Adhyaya 201, Shloka 28
The Battle between the Rākṣasas and Yama’s Attendant-Messengers
ततस्ते राक्षसा भग्ना दूतैर्घोरपराक्रमैः ॥ देहि देहि वदन्त्येव भिन्धि गृह्णीष्व तिष्ठ च
tatas te rākṣasā bhagnā dūtair ghoraparākramaiḥ || dehi dehi vadanty eva bhindhi gṛhṇīṣva tiṣṭha ca
वो राक्षस हार गए। भगवान के लोगों ने उन्हें तोड़ दिया। वो चिल्लाते रहे, दे दे, दे दे। तोड़ इसे, पकड़ इसे, रुक जा, वही रह।
Varāha (default narrative voice)
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It records formulaic battlefield imperatives and shouted orders, valuable for studying spoken-register cues and command language in Sanskrit narrative literature.
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No direct ethical teaching is stated; the verse preserves the immediacy of combat speech and the psychology of conflict.
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