Varaha Purana 201.34: Adhyaya 201, Shloka 34
The Battle between the Rākṣasas and Yama’s Attendant-Messengers
ततो भग्ना यदा ते तु राक्षसाः कामरूपिणः ॥ प्रत्यपद्यन्त ते मायां तामसीं तमसावृताः
tato bhagnā yadā te tu rākṣasāḥ kāmarūpiṇaḥ || pratyapadyanta te māyāṃ tāmasīṃ tamasāvṛtāḥ
जब वो राक्षस हार गए जो कोई भी रूप ले सकते थे, तो वो अंधेरी माया इस्तेमाल करने लगे। वो अंधेरे में ढक गए थे।
Varāha (default narrative voice)
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It highlights the recurring Purāṇic motif of māyā as a tactical device in mythic warfare, and preserves key vocabulary (kāmarūpin, tāmasī māyā) for philological comparison.
No geographic location is named in this verse.
No explicit ethical instruction is given; the verse contrasts defeat with resort to deception, a narrative theme rather than a prescriptive doctrine.
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