Vamana Purana — Prahlada's Victory through Bhakti, Shloka 54
Prahlada’s Defeat in Battle and Victory through Bhakti (Nara-Narayana Episode)
त्वं पृथ्वी ज्योतिराकाशं जलं भूत्वा सहस्रशः त्वया व्याप्तं जगत्सर्वं कस्त्वां जेष्यति माधव
tvaṃ pṛthvī jyotirākāśaṃ jalaṃ bhūtvā sahasraśaḥ tvayā vyāptaṃ jagatsarvaṃ kastvāṃ jeṣyati mādhava
ព្រះអង្គក្លាយជាផែនដី ជាពន្លឺ/ភ្លើង ជាអាកាស និងជាទឹក ដោយរបៀបរាប់ពាន់រាប់ម៉ឺន។ ដោយព្រះអង្គ ពិភពលោកទាំងមូលត្រូវបានពេញលេញគ្របដណ្តប់។ អ្នកណាអាចឈ្នះព្រះអង្គបាន ឱ មាធវៈ?
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FAQs
The Lord is not merely a distant ruler but the very substance and support of the world. The ethical implication is humility and surrender: worldly power cannot 'defeat' the one who is the basis of all existence.
This is closest to Sarga/Pratisarga in spirit, presenting the divine as constituting and pervading the elements that make up the cosmos, though conveyed devotionally rather than as a step-by-step creation account.
By naming core elements (earth, light/tejas, space, water), the verse signals that every experiential domain is a locus of the divine. The rhetorical question about conquest negates any notion of a rival ultimate power.