Varaha Purana 201.37: Adhyaya 201, Shloka 37
The Battle between the Rākṣasas and Yama’s Attendant-Messengers
वयमद्य महाभाग त्रायस्व जगतः पते ॥ ततस्तेषां वचः श्रुत्वा दूतानां कामरूपिणाम् ॥
vayam adya mahābhāga trāyasva jagataḥ pate || tatas teṣāṃ vacaḥ śrutvā dūtānāṃ kāmarūpiṇām ||
उन्होंने कहा, आज हमारी जान बचा ले, तू खुश किस्मत है, तू दुनिया का मालिक है। यह सुन के ज्वर ने उन मैसेंजर्स की बात सुनी जो कोई भी रूप ले सकते थे।
Emissaries/Messengers (dūtāḥ) addressing Jvara (implied); narration continues
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It documents a conventional Purāṇic speech-act: supplication to a powerful figure using royal-cosmic epithets, reflecting idioms of protection, sovereignty, and crisis.
No location is identified in this verse fragment.
The verse foregrounds reliance on protection and leadership in times of danger, without issuing a direct moral rule.
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