Varaha Purana 201.12: Adhyaya 201, Shloka 12
The Battle between the Rākṣasas and Yama’s Attendant-Messengers
भो भो मन्देहका वीराः मम चित्तानुपालकाः ॥ एतान्बध्नीत गृह्णीत भूताराक्षसपुङ्गवाः ॥
bho bho mandehakā vīrāḥ mama cittānupālakāḥ || etān badhnīta gṛhṇīta bhūtarākṣasapuṅgavāḥ ||
“โฮ! โฮ! โอ้วีรชนมันเทหะ ผู้พิทักษ์เจตนาของเรา—จงมัดพวกนี้ จงจับกุมไว้เถิด โอ้ผู้ยอดยิ่งในหมู่ภูตและรากษส!”
Citragupta
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It illustrates the rhetoric of command in Sanskrit narrative and the depiction of enforcement agents under a cosmic administrator.
No geographic location is identified.
The passage emphasizes restraint and apprehension (binding/seizing) as instruments of order, implying that harmful actors are to be stopped and held accountable.
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