SB 8.15.1, SB 8.15.2, SB 8.15.1-2
TEXTS 1-2
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TEXT
श्रीराजोवाच बलेः पदत्रयं भूमेः ।
कस्माद्धरिरयाचत भूतेश्वरः कृपणवल् । लब्धार्थो ऽपि बबन्ध तम् एतद्वेदितुमिच्छामो । महत्कौतूहलं हि नः याच्ञेश्वरस्य पूर्णस्य । बन्धनं चाप्यनागसः ॥ २ ॥ sri-rajovaca
baleh pada-trayam bhumeh
kasmad dharir ayacata
bhutesvarah krpana-val
labdhartho 'pi babandha tam
etad veditum icchamo
mahat kautuhalam hi nah
yacnesvarasya purnasya
bandhanam capy anagasah
sri-raja uvaca-the King said; baleh-of Bali Maharaja; pada-trayam-three steps; bhumeh-of land; kasmat-why; harih-the Supreme Personality of Godhead (in the form of Vamana); ayacata-begged; bhutva-isvarah-the proprietor of all the universe; krpana-vat-like a poor man; labdha-arthah-He got the gift; api-although; babandha-arrested; tam-him (Bali); etat-all this; veditum-to understand; icchamah-we desire; mahat-very great; kautuhalam-eagerness; hi-indeed; nah-our; yacna-begging; isvarasya-of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; purnasya-who is full in everything; bandhanam-arresting; ca-also; api-although; anagasah-of he who was faultless.
TRANSLATION
Maharaja Pariksit inquired: The Supreme Personality of Godhead is the proprietor of everything. Why did He beg three paces of land from Bali Maharaja like a poor man, and when He got the gift for which He had begged, why did He nonetheless arrest Bali Maharaja? I am very much anxious to know the mystery of these contradictions.
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