SB 8.23.1

TEXT 1

TEXT

श्रीशुक उवाच
इत्युक्तवन्तं पुरुषं पुरातनं महानुभावो ऽखिलसाधुसम्मतः ।
बद्धाञ्जलिर्बाष्पकलाकुलेक्षणो भक्त्युत्कलो गद्गदया गिराब्रवीत् ॥ १ ॥

sri-suka uvaca

ity uktavantam purusam puratanam

mahanubhavo 'khila-sadhu-sammatah

baddhanjalir baspa-kalakuleksano

bhakty-utkalo gadgadaya girabravit

sri-sukah uvaca-Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said; iti-thus; uktavantam-upon the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; purusam-unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead; puratanam-the oldest of everyone; maha-anubhavah-Bali Maharaja, who was a great and exalted soul; akhila-sadhu-sammatah-as approved by all saintly persons; baddha-anjalih-with folded hands; baspa-kala-akula-iksanah-whose eyes were filled with tears; bhakti-utkalah-full of ecstatic devotion; gadgadaya-which were faltering in devotional ecstasy; gira-by such words; abravit-said.

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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