Vamana Purana — Harihara Non-Duality, Shloka 26
Harihara Non-Duality and the Revelation of Sadasiva to the Ganas
रुद्र उवाच/ भव्द्भिर्भक्तिसंयुक्तैर्हरो भावेन पूजितः अहङ्कारविमूढैश्च निन्दद्भिर्वैष्णवं पदम्
rudra uvāca/ bhavdbhirbhaktisaṃyuktairharo bhāvena pūjitaḥ ahaṅkāravimūḍhaiśca nindadbhirvaiṣṇavaṃ padam
રુદ્ર બોલ્યા—તમે ભક્તિયુક્ત થઈ ભાવપૂર્વક હરનું પૂજન કર્યું છે; પરંતુ જે અહંકારથી મોહિત થઈ Vamana Purana,40,4,VamP 40.4,sāpi śukrasutā tanvī arajā rajasāplutā āśramādatha niragatya bahistasthāvadhosukhī,सापि शुक्रसुता तन्वी अरजा रजसाप्लुता आश्रमादथ निरगत्य बहिस्तस्थावधोसुखी,Vamana-Bali Narrative,Narrative (Itihasa within Purana),Adhyaya 40 (Title uncertain in common recensions; continuation of the episode involving Śukra’s daughter at the hermitage),40.4,sāpi śukrasutā tanvī arajā rajasāplutā āśramādatha niragatya bahistasthāvadhosukhī,sāpi śukra-sutā tanvī arajā rajasāplutā āśramād atha niragatya bahiḥ tasthau adho-sukhī,And she—Śukra’s slender daughter—now without her proper adornment and smeared with dust
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FAQs
In this context it denotes the sacred standing/path associated with Viṣṇu—often extended to include reverence for Viṣṇu’s devotees and the Vaiṣṇava tradition. Rudra frames reviling it as a fault rooted in ego.
Because the chapter’s teaching moves toward Hari–Hara non-difference: true devotion is incompatible with sectarian disparagement. Ego-driven nindā undermines the spiritual fruit of worship.
No. It functions as an anti-sectarian admonition: devotion (bhakti) is praised, while reviling another deity’s ‘pada’ is condemned as delusion (vimūḍhatā).