aho pranamaya krtah samudyamah
prapanna-bhaktartha-vidhau samahitah
yal loka-palais tvad-anugraho 'marair
alabdha-purvo 'pasade 'sure 'rpitah
sri-balih uvaca-Bali Maharaja said; aho-alas; pranamaya-to offer my respectful obeisances; krtah-I did; samudyamah-only an endeavor; prapanna-bhakta-artha-vidhau-in the regulative principles observed by pure devotees; samahitah-is capable; yat-that; loka-palaih-by the leaders of various planets; tvat-anugrahah-Your causeless mercy; amaraih-by the demigods; alabdha-purvah-not achieved previously; apasade-unto a fallen person like me; asure-belonging to the asura community; arpitah-endowed.