Vamana Purana — Prahlada's Victory through Bhakti, Shloka 8
Prahlada’s Defeat in Battle and Victory through Bhakti (Nara-Narayana Episode)
ततो ऽम्बरे संनिपातो देवानामभवन्मुने दिदृक्षूणां तदा युद्धं लघु चित्रं च सुष्ठु च
tato 'mbare saṃnipāto devānāmabhavanmune didṛkṣūṇāṃ tadā yuddhaṃ laghu citraṃ ca suṣṭhu ca
Bấy giờ, hỡi bậc hiền triết, các chư thiên tụ hội trên không trung, khát khao được chứng kiến trận chiến ấy—nhanh như chớp, kỳ diệu và rực rỡ.
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FAQs
Even cosmic conflict is depicted as ordered and intelligible (suṣṭhu), implying that dharma and adharma are not merely private matters but events with universal consequence, drawing the attention of higher beings.
Vamśānucarita / narrative of divine and demonic lineages in action (battle episodes involving devas and their opponents), rather than sarga/pratisarga or manvantara material.
The ‘sky-assembly’ signifies the higher witnessing consciousness and the cosmic scale of moral struggle; the battle being ‘swift and wondrous’ frames it as a dramatic revelation of prowess and fate.