Vamana Purana — Prahlada vs Nara-Narayana, Shloka 58
Prahlada’s Defeat by Nara-Narayana and Victory through Bhakti
एकं च षट् पञ्च नरेण मुक्तास्त्वष्टौ शराः सप्त च दानवेन षट् सप्त चाष्टौ नव षण्नरेण द्विसप्ततिं दैत्यपतिः ससर्ज्ज
ekaṃ ca ṣaṭ pañca nareṇa muktāstvaṣṭau śarāḥ sapta ca dānavena ṣaṭ sapta cāṣṭau nava ṣaṇnareṇa dvisaptatiṃ daityapatiḥ sasarjja
那人（纳罗）射出一、六与五箭；那达那婆射出八与七箭。继而那人又射出六、七、八、九与六箭；而代提耶之主则放出七十二支箭矢。
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FAQs
The verse portrays escalation: restraint gives way to excess as hostility intensifies. Purāṇic battle narration often uses such numeric gradation to underscore how anger (krodha) drives beings toward disproportionate action, inviting the listener to value self-control over reactive escalation.
Primarily Vamśānucarita / Carita material in the broad sense—narrative of heroic and demonic actors and their deeds—rather than sarga/pratisarga. It functions as episodic history within the larger purāṇic storyline.
The arithmetic progression of arrows dramatizes competitive pride and the swelling of conflict. The daityapati’s sudden leap to a large volley (72) symbolizes the ‘asuric’ tendency toward overreach—force exceeding necessity—setting up a narrative contrast where dharma is later restored by higher order (often via divine intervention elsewhere in the text).