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TEXT 1
sri-suka uvaca
ity uktavantam purusam puratanam
mahanubhavo khila-sadhu-sammatah
baddhanjalir baspa-kalakuleksano
bhakty-utkalo gadgadaya girabravit
SYNONYMS
sri-sukah uvacaSri Sukadeva Gosvami said; itithus; uktavantamupon the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; purusamunto the Supreme Personality of Godhead; puratanamthe oldest of everyone; maha-anubhavahBali Maharaja, who was a great and exalted soul; akhila-sadhu-sammatahas approved by all saintly persons; baddha-anjalihwith folded hands; baspa-kala-akula-iksanahwhose eyes were filled with tears; bhakti-utkalahfull of ecstatic devotion; gadgadayawhich were faltering in devotional ecstasy; giraby such words; abravitsaid.
TRANSLATION
Sukadeva Gosvami said: When the supreme, ancient, eternal Personality of Godhead had thus spoken to Bali Maharaja, who is universally accepted as a pure devotee of the Lord and therefore a great soul, Bali Maharaja, his eyes filled with tears, his hands folded and his voice faltering in devotional ecstasy, responded as follows.
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