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पञ्चदशं वामनकं कृत्वागादध्वरं बलेः ।
पदत्रयं याचमानः प्रत्यादित्सुस्त्रिपिष्टपम् ॥ १९ ॥
 
pancadasam vamanakam
krtvagad adhvaram baleh
pada-trayam yacamanah
pratyaditsus tri-pistapam
pancadasam-the fifteenth in the line; vamanakam-the dwarf brahmana; krtva-by assumption of; agat-went; adhvaram-arena of sacrifice; baleh-of King Bali; pada-trayam-three steps only; yacamanah-begging; pratyaditsuh-willing at heart to return; tri-pistapam-the kingdom of the three planetary systems.