Varaha Purana 201.57: Adhyaya 201, Shloka 57
The Battle between the Rākṣasas and Yama’s Attendant-Messengers
बाहुभिः समनुप्राप्तः केशाकेशि ततः परम् ॥ अयुक्तमतुलं युद्धं तेषां वै समजायत ॥
bāhubhiḥ samanuprāptaḥ keśākeśi tataḥ param || ayuktam atulaṃ yuddhaṃ teṣāṃ vai samajāyata
वो लोग एक दूसरे के पास आ गए और हाथों से पकड़ लिया। फिर बालों से बाल पकड़के लड़ने लगे। सच में, बड़ा बुरा और अनोखा युद्ध शुरू हो गया उनके बीच में।
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It preserves idiomatic descriptions of hand-to-hand combat (e.g., keśākeśi) typical of Sanskrit narrative literature.
No geographic location is identified in this verse.
The depiction of an ‘unrestrained’ fight implicitly contrasts regulated conduct with chaotic violence.
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