Varaha Purana 201.20: Adhyaya 201, Shloka 20
The Battle between the Rākṣasas and Yama’s Attendant-Messengers
गजैरन्ये तथा चाश्वै रथैश्चापि महाबलाः ॥ कण्टकैस्तुरगैर्हंसैरन्ये सिंहैस्तथापरे ॥
gajair anye tathā cāśvai rathaiś cāpi mahābalāḥ || kaṇṭakais turagair haṃsair anye siṃhais tathāpare ||
บางเหล่าผู้มีกำลังยิ่งใหญ่ยกมาพร้อมช้าง ทั้งม้าศึกและรถศึกด้วย; บางเหล่ามาพร้อมสัตว์มีหนาม พร้อมม้าศึกและหงส์; และบางเหล่ามาพร้อมสิงห์
Narrator (default framework: Varāha–Pṛthivī dialogue context; verse itself is narrative)
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Catalogs of mounts and forces are a standard feature of Sanskrit war-description, preserving terms for vehicles (ratha) and symbolic animals that shape the literary imagination of power.
None is mentioned.
No explicit ethical teaching appears; the verse is descriptive, emphasizing variety and magnitude of forces.
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