Vamana Purana — Bali's Sudarshana Worship, Shloka 54

Bali’s Worship of Sudarshana and Prahlada’s Teaching on Vishnu-Bhakti

Devanagari script

येषां चक्रगदापाणौ भक्तिरव्यभिचारिणी ते यान्ति नियतं स्थानं यत्र योगेश्वरो हरिः

Transliteration

yeṣāṃ cakragadāpāṇau bhaktiravyabhicāriṇī te yānti niyataṃ sthānaṃ yatra yogeśvaro hariḥ

Translation

ಚಕ್ರಗದಾಪಾಣಿಯಾದ ಹರಿಯ ಮೇಲಿನ ಭಕ್ತಿ ಅಚಲವೂ ಅವಿಭಕ್ತವೂ ಆಗಿರುವವರು, ಯೋಗೇಶ್ವರ ಹರಿಯಿರುವ ನಿಶ್ಚಿತ ಧಾಮಕ್ಕೆ ನಿಶ್ಚಯವಾಗಿ ಸೇರುತ್ತಾರೆ।

Speakers

• Unspecified in provided excerpt (Adhyaya 67 speaker-context not included in input).

Primary Deities

• Vishnu (Hari)

Key Themes

• Supremacy of unwavering bhakti
• Vaishnava soteriology (attaining Vishnu’s abode)
• Iconography of Vishnu (discus and mace)
• Yoga and devotion (Hari as Yogeshvara)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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FAQs

What does “cakragadāpāṇi” signify beyond a physical description?

It is a theological identifier: the discus and mace mark Vishnu’s sovereign protection and righteous governance. The verse ties devotion to the personal, iconically knowable Lord rather than an abstract principle.

Is the “niyataṃ sthānam” a specific tirtha or a heavenly realm?

Here it functions as a supramundane destination—Hari’s own abode—rather than a named pilgrimage site. In the Vamana Purana’s broader geography, earthly tirthas are typically specified by name; this verse instead emphasizes soteriology.

Why call Vishnu “Yogeshvara” in a bhakti teaching?

The epithet integrates yoga and devotion: the Lord who is master of yogic attainment is also reached most surely by unwavering devotion, implying bhakti as the most direct ‘yoga’ for liberation/attainment.