Vamana Purana — Prahlada's Victory through Bhakti, Shloka 56
Prahlada’s Defeat in Battle and Victory through Bhakti (Nara-Narayana Episode)
भगवानुवाच/ परितुष्टो ऽस्मि ते दैत्य स्तवेनानेन सुव्रत भक्त्या त्वनान्यया चाहं त्वया दैत्य पराजितः
bhagavānuvāca/ parituṣṭo 'smi te daitya stavenānena suvrata bhaktyā tvanānyayā cāhaṃ tvayā daitya parājitaḥ
خداوند نے فرمایا—اے دَیتیہ، اے نیک عہد والے! اس ستوتی سے میں پوری طرح خوش ہوں؛ اے دَیتیہ، تیری اننّیہ بھکتی سے میں گویا تیرے ہاتھوں مغلوب ہو گیا ہوں۔
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FAQs
Undivided devotion (ananyā-bhakti) is portrayed as spiritually “conquering” even the Supreme; moral worth is measured by devotion and vow (vrata), not by birth as Deva/Daitya.
Vamśānucarita / carita (narrative of exemplary figures and divine interaction): a didactic episode illustrating bhakti and the Lord’s responsiveness within a lineage-based (Daitya) story frame.
“The Lord is conquered” symbolizes that the Absolute, though unconquerable by force, becomes accessible through loving devotion—an inversion of power where humility and praise prevail over might.