Vamana Purana — Prahlada's Victory through Bhakti, Shloka 48
Prahlada’s Defeat in Battle and Victory through Bhakti (Nara-Narayana Episode)
प्रह्लाद उवाच/ कस्त्वां जेतुं प्रभो शक्तः कस्त्वत्तः पुरुषो ऽधिकः त्वं हि नारायणो ऽनन्तः पीतवासा जनार्दनः
prahlāda uvāca/ kastvāṃ jetuṃ prabho śaktaḥ kastvattaḥ puruṣo 'dhikaḥ tvaṃ hi nārāyaṇo 'nantaḥ pītavāsā janārdanaḥ
Prahlāda said: “O Lord, who is able to conquer you? Who is superior to you? For you are Nārāyaṇa, the Endless; you are Janārdana, clad in yellow garments.”
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FAQs
Prahlāda models unwavering devotion: the Lord is not an entity to be defeated but the ultimate refuge and highest reality, recognized through humility and praise.
Narrative theology within Vamśānucarita/Carita material: exemplary conduct and doctrinal affirmation embedded in story, not cosmogenesis or dynastic lists per se.
The epithet ‘pītavāsā’ signals the recognizable icon of Viṣṇu, while ‘Ananta’ asserts infinitude—linking form (saguṇa) with the limitless (nirguṇa/transcendent) aspect.