Varaha Purana 4.29: Adhyaya 4, Shloka 29
On Nārāyaṇa’s Ten Avatāras and Eightfold Manifestations, and the Account of King Aśvaśirā
ततो वाक्यावसाने तु तस्य राज्ञो हि संसदि । मशका मत्कुणा यूका भ्रमराः पक्षिणोरगाः ॥ ४.२९ ॥
tato vākyāvasāne tu tasya rājño hi saṁsadi | maśakā matkuṇā yūkā bhramarāḥ pakṣiṇoragāḥ || 4.29 ||
जब राजा की बात खत्म हुई, उसकी सभा में मच्छर और खटमल और जूँ और भंवर और पक्षी और साँप आने लगे।
Varāha (default narrative voice in primary dialogue framework; explicit speaker not stated in this fragment)
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It illustrates a common Purāṇic narrative device: unusual appearances of creatures in a royal court as a literary marker of disturbance, portent, or a shift in the story’s moral-political atmosphere.
No specific geographic location is named in this verse; it is set generally in a king’s assembly (saṁsad).
The verse is primarily descriptive rather than prescriptive; ethically, it functions as a narrative signal that speech and governance occur within a wider natural and social order that can show signs of imbalance.
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