Vamana Purana — Prahlada's Victory through Bhakti, Shloka 61
Prahlada’s Defeat in Battle and Victory through Bhakti (Nara-Narayana Episode)
प्रह्लाद उवाच या या जायेय मे बुद्धिः सा सा विष्णो त्वदाश्रिता देवार्चने च निरता त्वच्चित्ता त्वत्परायणा
prahlāda uvāca yā yā jāyeya me buddhiḥ sā sā viṣṇo tvadāśritā devārcane ca niratā tvaccittā tvatparāyaṇā
प्रह्लाद बोले—हे विष्णु, मेरी बुद्धि में जो-जो विचार उठते हैं, वे सब तुम्हारे आश्रित हैं। मैं देव-पूजन में रत, मन से तुम्हीं में स्थित और पूर्णतः तुम्हीं परायण हूँ।
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FAQs
The highest boon is not power but steadfast God-centered cognition: aligning buddhi and citta to the Divine makes worship continuous and converts all arising thoughts into devotion.
Vamśānucarita/Carita with strong dharma-upadeśa (ethical instruction): Prahlāda’s exemplary devotion functions as normative teaching within the narrative lineage of Daityas.
Prahlāda embodies the ‘devotee within the Asura’: the verse symbolizes transformation of the asuric tendency (self-assertion) into theistic dependence (tvadāśraya), making the mind itself a temple.