Vamana Purana — Prahlada's Victory through Bhakti, Shloka 50
Prahlada’s Defeat in Battle and Victory through Bhakti (Nara-Narayana Episode)
त्वां योगिनश्चिन्तयन्ति चार्चयन्ति मनीषिणः जपन्ति स्नातकास्त्वां च यजन्ति त्वां च याज्ञिकाः
tvāṃ yoginaścintayanti cārcayanti manīṣiṇaḥ japanti snātakāstvāṃ ca yajanti tvāṃ ca yājñikāḥ
瑜伽行者观想于你，智者礼敬供奉于你；诸snātaka诵念你的名号与真言，诸yājñika行祭祀者亦向你奉献祭供。
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FAQs
The verse harmonizes multiple valid spiritual approaches—meditation (yoga), devotional worship (arcana), mantra-repetition (japa), and Vedic sacrifice (yajña)—as converging upon the same Divine. Ethically, it affirms plural means with a unified aim: disciplined life directed to Bhagavān.
Primarily falls under Dharma/Ācāra-oriented instruction embedded in narrative praise; in pañcalakṣaṇa terms it aligns most closely with Vamśānucarita/Ākhyāna-context material rather than sarga/pratisarga, since it is a devotional-ritual characterization within the story-layer.
By listing yogins, the wise, snātakas, and yajñikas, the Purāṇa symbolically integrates inner discipline, intellectual discernment, social-ritual duty, and sacrificial religion—suggesting the completeness of devotion when inner and outer practices are aligned.