Varaha Purana 206.3: Adhyaya 206, Shloka 3
Section on the Manifestation of the Fruits of Auspicious Deeds
मुञ्च मुञ्च महाभृत्य चैष धर्मस्य निर्णयः ॥ अहं कालेन सार्द्धं हि मृत्युना प्रकृतस्तथा ॥
muñca muñca mahābhṛtya caiṣa dharmasya nirṇayaḥ || ahaṃ kālena sārdhaṃ hi mṛtyunā prakṛtas tathā ||
मुञ्च मुञ्च महाभृत्य—चैष धर्मस्य निर्णयः। अहं कालेन सार्धं हि मृत्युना प्रकृतस्तथा॥
Unspecified; likely an authority figure in the underworld administration (commonly Yama/Dharmarāja or an empowered messenger) within the Citragupta-message narrative
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It exemplifies how Purāṇic texts portray cosmic justice through administrative language—‘decision of dharma’—integrating moral causality with personified forces like Time and Death.
No geographic identifier appears; the setting is institutional/cosmological (judgment context).
That dharma is treated as an enforceable determination within the cosmic order, implying accountability and due outcome for conduct.
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