Vamana Purana — Kali's Complaint to Brahma (Part 1), Shloka 19

Kali’s Complaint to Brahma and the Arrival of Śrī (Jayaśrī) in Bali’s Court

Devanagari script

विविधानपि भोगांश्च भुञ्जन् दैत्येश्वरो बलि सस्मार मनसा ब्रह्मन् प्रह्लादं स्वपितामहम्

Transliteration

vividhānapi bhogāṃśca bhuñjan daityeśvaro bali sasmāra manasā brahman prahlādaṃ svapitāmaham

Translation

While enjoying various pleasures, Bali—the lord of the Daityas—remembered in his mind, O Brāhmaṇa, his own grandfather Prahlāda.

Speakers

• Narrator to a Brāhmaṇa interlocutor (explicit vocative ‘brahman’).

Primary Deities

• Vishnu (implicit through Prahlāda’s devotion and the Bali cycle)

Key Themes

• Smṛti (remembrance)
• Ancestral lineage and moral inheritance
• Bhakti exemplar (Prahlāda)
• Tension between bhoga (enjoyment) and dharma

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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