Varaha Purana 201.56: Adhyaya 201, Shloka 56
The Battle between the Rākṣasas and Yama’s Attendant-Messengers
परित्रायस्व नो वीर किंकराणां महाबलान् ॥ हन्यमानान्हि रक्षोभिरस्मानद्य रणाजिरे ॥
paritrāyasva no vīra kiṃkarāṇāṃ mahābalān || hanyamānān hi rakṣobhir asmān adya raṇājire
ขอทรงคุ้มครองพวกเราเถิด โอ้วีรบุรุษ—พวกเราเหล่าคนรับใช้ผู้มีกำลังยิ่ง—ซึ่งวันนี้กำลังถูกพวกรากษสทำร้ายในสนามรบ
Attendants (kiṃkarāḥ) addressing a powerful figure (speaker inferred from direct plea)
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It illustrates a common epic-Purāṇic motif: subordinates petitioning protection amid conflict, used to transition into moral-judicial explanations.
No specific location is identified; the term raṇājira indicates a generic battle-ground setting.
The verse foregrounds vulnerability and the appeal to protection, a narrative prelude to discussions of rightful order and consequences.
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