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

ผู้มีภักติอันไม่หวั่นไหวและไม่แปรผันต่อพระหริผู้ทรงจักรและคทา ย่อมไปถึงแดนสถิตอันแน่นอน ที่ซึ่งพระหริผู้เป็นจอมแห่งโยคะประทับอยู่

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.