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
രാജ്യം ഉപേക്ഷിച്ച് ആ മഹാസുരേന്ദ്രൻ ദാനവാധിപന്മാരെ സത്പഥത്തിൽ നിയോഗിച്ചുകൊണ്ട്, അളവറ്റ കേശവനെ ധ്യാനിച്ചു സ്മരിച്ചു, യോഗം ശുദ്ധീകരിച്ച ദേഹത്തോടെ അപ്പോൾ സ്ഥിരമായി നിന്നു।
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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.