Vamana Purana — Prahlada vs Nara-Narayana, Shloka 65
Prahlada’s Defeat by Nara-Narayana and Victory through Bhakti
ततो दीतीशः सगदः समाद्रवत् सशार्ङ्गपाणिं तपसां निधानम् ख्यातं पुराणर्षिमुदारविक्रमं नारायणं नारद लोकपालम्
tato dītīśaḥ sagadaḥ samādravat saśārṅgapāṇiṃ tapasāṃ nidhānam khyātaṃ purāṇarṣimudāravikramaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ nārada lokapālam
Então o senhor da linhagem de Diti (o Daitya), com a maça na mão, arremeteu contra o portador de Śārṅga (Viṣṇu), tesouro das austeridades—Nārāyaṇa—célebre como antigo ṛṣi, de nobre valor; ó Nārada, protetor dos mundos.
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FAQs
The verse contrasts brute aggression (the Daitya’s charge) with spiritual capital (Nārāyaṇa as ‘tapasāṃ nidhānam’), implying that true sovereignty and protection arise from dharma and ascetic merit, not mere force.
It belongs to Vamśānucarita/Carita narrative (conflict episodes involving devas/daityas and the Lord), not to sarga/pratisarga; it also functions as stuti-like identification through epithets.
Calling Nārāyaṇa an ‘ancient ṛṣi’ links kingship/protection with seerhood: the divine warrior is simultaneously the archetypal ascetic, suggesting that inner mastery underwrites outer victory.