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TEXTS 12
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
SYNONYMS
sri-raja uvacathe King said; balehof Bali Maharaja; pada-trayamthree steps; bhumehof land; kasmatwhy; harihthe Supreme Personality of Godhead (in the form of Vamana); ayacatabegged; bhuta-isvarahthe proprietor of all the universe; krpana-vatlike a poor man; labdha-arthahHe got the gift; apialthough; babandhaarrested; tamhim (Bali); etatall this; veditumto understand; icchamahwe desire; mahatvery great; kautuhalameagerness; hiindeed; nahour; yacnabegging; isvarasyaof the Supreme Personality of Godhead; purnasyawho is full in everything; bandhanamarresting; caalso; apialthough; anagasahof 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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