Vamana Purana — Vamana's Birth, Shloka 48
Vamana’s Birth during Bali’s Horse-Sacrifice and the Mapping of Vishnu’s Sacred Presences
एवं कृतोपनयनो भगवान् भूतभावनः संस्तूयमानो ऋषिभिः साङ्गं वेदमधीयत
evaṃ kṛtopanayano bhagavān bhūtabhāvanaḥ saṃstūyamāno ṛṣibhiḥ sāṅgaṃ vedamadhīyata
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FAQs
It presents Bhagavān as the archetype of dharma: even as supreme, he models the social-religious discipline of brahmacarya and the authority of śruti, legitimizing Vedic learning as a sacred norm.
It indicates not only recitation of the Veda but mastery supported by the Vedāṅgas (auxiliaries such as phonetics, ritual, grammar, etymology, meter, and astronomy), i.e., complete traditional competence.
It is narrative in śloka meter but includes a stuti element (‘being praised by sages’), showing that praise accompanies and authorizes the Lord’s dharmic acts.