Vamana Purana — Bali Learns of Vamana, Shloka 8

Bali Learns of Vamana in Aditi’s Womb and Prahlada Teaches Refuge in Hari

Devanagari script

तस्योपरि महापुर्यस्त्वष्टौ लोकपतीस्तथा तेषामातुः स ददृशे मृगपक्षिगणैर्वृतम्

Transliteration

tasyopari mahāpuryastvaṣṭau lokapatīstathā teṣāmātuḥ sa dadṛśe mṛgapakṣigaṇairvṛtam

Translation

Narrator reporting the brother’s justificatory rule (implicit appeal to dharma/legal convention)

Speakers

• Narrator (Purāṇic voice) describing the Daṇava-lord’s vision (likely Bali)

Primary Deities

• Vishnu (Madhusudana)
• Lokapalas (directional guardians)
• Devamātṛ / Devajananī (Mother of the gods)

Key Themes

• Vision of divine realms
• Sacred landscape populated by gods and guardians
• Approach to Devamātṛ as a liminal sacred space
• Search for Vishnu (Madhusudana)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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