Varaha Purana 201.49: Adhyaya 201, Shloka 49
The Battle between the Rākṣasas and Yama’s Attendant-Messengers
राक्षसानां हतास्तत्र षष्टिकोट्यो रणाजिरे ॥ अमराश्चाक्षयाश्चैव न हि त्वां प्रापयन्ति वै ॥
rākṣasānāṃ hatās tatra ṣaṣṭikoṭyo raṇājire || amarāś cākṣayāś caiva na hi tvāṃ prāpayanti vai ||
लड़ाई के मैदान में साठ करोड़ राक्षस मर गए। पर देव, अमर लोग भी, जो कभी नहीं मरते, तुम तक नहीं पहुँच सकते।
Varāha (default speaker framework; explicit speaker not stated in excerpt)
FAQs
It preserves a Purāṇic style of hyperbolic numeration and typological opponents (Rākṣasas), useful for studying narrative scale and rhetorical emphasis in Sanskrit literature.
No named location appears; “raṇājira” is a generic term for battlefield.
The verse emphasizes limits of force and the futility of opposition against an inevitable principle; it encourages recognition of boundaries to power.
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