Varaha Purana 201.28: Adhyaya 201, Shloka 28
The Battle between the Rākṣasas and Yama’s Attendant-Messengers
ततस्ते राक्षसा भग्ना दूतैर्घोरपराक्रमैः ॥ देहि देहि वदन्त्येव भिन्धि गृह्णीष्व तिष्ठ च
tatas te rākṣasā bhagnā dūtair ghoraparākramaiḥ || dehi dehi vadanty eva bhindhi gṛhṇīṣva tiṣṭha ca
Wtedy ci Rakszasowie, złamani przez posłańców o straszliwej męstwie, nieustannie wołali: "Daj! Daj! Rozbij (go)! Chwyć (go)! Stój mocno!"
Varāha (default narrative voice)
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It records formulaic battlefield imperatives and shouted orders, valuable for studying spoken-register cues and command language in Sanskrit narrative literature.
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No direct ethical teaching is stated; the verse preserves the immediacy of combat speech and the psychology of conflict.
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