Vamana Purana — Prahlada vs Nara-Narayana, Shloka 53
Prahlada’s Defeat by Nara-Narayana and Victory through Bhakti
इत्येवमुक्त्वा वचनं महात्मा दितीश्वरः स्थाप्य बलं वनान्ते वितत्य चापं गुणमाविकृष्य तलध्वनिं घोरतरं चकार
ityevamuktvā vacanaṃ mahātmā ditīśvaraḥ sthāpya balaṃ vanānte vitatya cāpaṃ guṇamāvikṛṣya taladhvaniṃ ghorataraṃ cakāra
និយាយដូច្នេះហើយ មហાત્મា ព្រះអម្ចាស់នៃវង្សដិតី បានដាក់កងទ័ពនៅចុងព្រៃ; បន្ទាប់មក ទ្រង់ពន្លាតធ្នូ ហើយទាញខ្សែធ្នូ បង្កើតសំឡេងធ្នូបុកដ៏គួរឱ្យភ័យខ្លាចយ៉ាងខ្លាំង។
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FAQs
Power often advertises itself through spectacle and intimidation (the dreadful bow-twang), whereas dharma is not dependent on display; the verse contrasts external noise with inner strength that the sages embody.
Vamśānucarita / carita (narrativized deeds of prominent figures). It is not cosmogenesis, but exemplary episodic history used to teach dharma through story.
The bow’s terrifying sound functions as a symbol of rājasic assertion—attempting to win before the fight begins by shaking the opponent’s mind—an archetype of asuric strategy in Purāṇic warfare.