Varaha Purana 95.32: Adhyaya 95, Shloka 32
The Slaying of the Daitya Ruru, the Hymn to Cāmuṇḍā/Kālarātri, and the Doctrine of the Threefold Power
देव्युवाच । भक्ष्यार्थमासां देवेश किञ्चिद् दातुमिहार्हसि । बलात्कुर्वन्ति मामेता भक्षार्थिन्यो महाबलाः । अन्यथा मामपि बलाद् भक्षयिष्यन्ति मां प्रभो ॥
devyuvāca | bhakṣyārtham āsāṁ deveśa kiñcid dātum ihārhasi | balāt kurvanti mām etā bhakṣārthinyo mahābalāḥ | anyathā mām api balād bhakṣayiṣyanti māṁ prabho ||
Богиня сказала: «О Владыка богов, тебе следует дать здесь нечто съестное для них. Эти могучие, жаждущие пищи, принуждают меня силой; иначе, о Господин, они и меня саму силой пожрут».
Devī
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It illustrates Purāṇic narrative use of coercion and protection themes, showing how divine hierarchy is invoked to resolve social disorder within mythic frames.
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Implicitly, it critiques coercive taking and frames provision and protection as stabilizing responses to threatened harm.
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