Vamana Purana — Prahlada vs Nara-Narayana, Shloka 23
Prahlada’s Defeat by Nara-Narayana and Victory through Bhakti
तस्मिञ्शासति दैत्येन्द्रे देवब्राह्मणपूजके मखानि भुवि राजानो यजन्ते विधिवत्तदा
tasmiñśāsati daityendre devabrāhmaṇapūjake makhāni bhuvi rājāno yajante vidhivattadā
នៅពេលដែលអធិរាជដៃត្យនោះគ្រប់គ្រង—អ្នកគោរពបូជាទេវតា និងព្រះព្រាហ្មណ៍—ព្រះមហាក្សត្រនៅលើផែនដីក៏ធ្វើមកៈ (យជ្ញ) តាមពិធីវិធីត្រឹមត្រូវ។
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FAQs
Good governance is measured by protection of sacred institutions: honoring brāhmaṇas and devas enables public religiosity—yajña becomes socially viable when the ruler supports dharma.
Vamśānucarita with dharma-valuation: dynastic narration is used to illustrate the qualities of a reign and its cosmic-social effects.
Prahlāda as ‘devabrāhmaṇapūjaka’ inverts the stereotype of Daityas as anti-yajña, emphasizing that devotion and ritual order are not confined to birth but to conduct (ācāra).