Vamana Purana — Harihara Non-Duality, Shloka 26
Harihara Non-Duality and the Revelation of Sadasiva to the Ganas
रुद्र उवाच/ भव्द्भिर्भक्तिसंयुक्तैर्हरो भावेन पूजितः अहङ्कारविमूढैश्च निन्दद्भिर्वैष्णवं पदम्
rudra uvāca/ bhavdbhirbhaktisaṃyuktairharo bhāvena pūjitaḥ ahaṅkāravimūḍhaiśca nindadbhirvaiṣṇavaṃ padam
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FAQs
In this context it denotes the sacred standing/path associated with Viṣṇu—often extended to include reverence for Viṣṇu’s devotees and the Vaiṣṇava tradition. Rudra frames reviling it as a fault rooted in ego.
Because the chapter’s teaching moves toward Hari–Hara non-difference: true devotion is incompatible with sectarian disparagement. Ego-driven nindā undermines the spiritual fruit of worship.
No. It functions as an anti-sectarian admonition: devotion (bhakti) is praised, while reviling another deity’s ‘pada’ is condemned as delusion (vimūḍhatā).