Vamana Purana — Prahlada's Victory through Bhakti, Shloka 33
Prahlada’s Defeat in Battle and Victory through Bhakti (Nara-Narayana Episode)
किमर्थं देवदेवेश साध्यं नारायणं हरिम् विजेतुं नाद्य शक्नोमि एतन्मे कारणं वद
kimarthaṃ devadeveśa sādhyaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ harim vijetuṃ nādya śaknomi etanme kāraṇaṃ vada
হে দেৱদেৱেশ! সাধ্য নাৰায়ণ হৰিক মই আজি কিয় জয় কৰিব নোৱাৰোঁ? ইয়াৰ কাৰণ মোক কওক।
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FAQs
The daitya’s admission of incapacity underscores a Purāṇic ethic: strength without alignment to dharma and divine favor is unstable. Even opponents must confront the reality of a higher moral-cosmic order guarded by Nārāyaṇa.
Vamśānucarita/Carita: a dialogue-driven episode illustrating the fortunes of daitya lineages in relation to the deity and dharma (not a creation-cycle section).
Calling Nārāyaṇa “Sādhya” can be read doubly: (1) as a class/title (Sādhya deity) and (2) as ‘the one who is to be realized/attained,’ suggesting that the true ‘conquest’ is inner realization—unavailable to one approaching through hostility alone.