Varaha Purana 201.11: Adhyaya 201, Shloka 11
The Battle between the Rākṣasas and Yama’s Attendant-Messengers
तेषां तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा चित्रगुप्तो ह्यभाषत ॥ रोषगद्गदया वाचा निःश्वसन् वै मुहुर्मुहुः ॥
teṣāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā citragupto hy abhāṣata || roṣagadgadayā vācā niḥśvasan vai muhurmuhuḥ ||
അവരുടെ വാക്കുകൾ കേട്ട് ചിത്രഗുപ്തൻ സംസാരിച്ചു—കോപത്തിൽ വിറയുന്ന ശബ്ദത്തോടെ, അവൻ വീണ്ടും വീണ്ടും ദീർഘനിശ്വാസം വിട്ടു।
Citragupta
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The verse demonstrates classical Sanskrit techniques for depicting affect (anger, breath, trembling voice) to frame authority as emotionally engaged yet decisive.
No geographic location is mentioned.
It suggests that violent zeal provokes corrective authority; emotional cues signal the seriousness of transgression within moral governance.
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