tam baddham varunaih pasair
nasta-sriyam sthira-prajnam
tam-unto him; baddham-who was so arrested; varunaih pasaih-by the ropes of Varuna; bhagavan-the Supreme Personality of Godhead; aha-said; vamanah-Vamanadeva; nasta-sriyam-unto Bali Maharaja, who had lost his bodily luster; sthira-prajnam-but was all the same determined in his decision; udara-yasasam-the most magnanimous and celebrated; nrpa-O King.