Vamana Purana — Prahlada's Victory through Bhakti, Shloka 71
Prahlada’s Defeat in Battle and Victory through Bhakti (Nara-Narayana Episode)
राज्यं परित्यज्य महासुरेन्द्रो नियोजयन् सत्पथि दानवेन्द्रान् ध्यायन् स्मरन् केशवमप्रमेयं तस्थौ तदा योगविशुद्धदेहः
rājyaṃ parityajya mahāsurendro niyojayan satpathi dānavendrān dhyāyan smaran keśavamaprameyaṃ tasthau tadā yogaviśuddhadehaḥ
राज्य का परित्याग करके वह महासुरेन्द्र दानव-नायकों को सत्पथ में नियुक्त करता हुआ, अपरिमेय केशव का ध्यान और स्मरण करता हुआ, योग से शुद्ध देह वाला तब स्थिर खड़ा रहा।
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FAQs
Even a defeated ruler can transform defeat into dharma: Bali relinquishes power, guides his followers toward righteousness, and turns inward to remembrance of the Lord—modeling humility, moral leadership, and bhakti as a stabilizing response to loss.
Primarily Vamśānucarita/Carita (narrative of a royal figure in the Daitya line) with an ethical-dharma emphasis; it is not sarga/pratisarga but character-history illustrating dharma through exemplary conduct.
Bali’s ‘renunciation of rājya’ symbolizes surrender of egoic sovereignty; ‘yoga-purified body’ signifies inner sovereignty replacing outer rule. Remembering Keśava (aprameya) frames liberation as turning from measurable territory (land/kingdom) to the immeasurable Absolute.