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sri-suka uvaca
ity uktavantam purusam puratanam
mahanubhavo ‘khila-sadhu-sammatah
baddhanjalir baspa-kalakuleksano
bhakty-utkalo gadgadaya girabravit
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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sri-balir uvaca
aho pranamaya krtah samudyamah
prapanna-bhaktartha-vidhau samahitah
yal loka-palais tvad-anugraho ‘marair
alabdha-purvo ‘pasade ‘sure ‘rpitah
Bali Maharaja said: What a wonderful effect there is in even
attempting to offer respectful obeisances to You! I merely endeavored to
offer You obeisances, but nonetheless the attempt was as successful as
those of pure devotees. The causeless mercy You have shown to me, a
fallen demon, was never achieved even by the demigods or the leaders of
the various planets.
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sri-suka uvaca
ity uktva harim anatya
brahmanam sabhavam tatah
vivesa sutalam prito
balir muktah sahasuraih
Sukadeva Gosvami continued: After speaking in this way, Bali Maharaja
offered his obeisances first to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari,
and then to Lord Brahma and Lord Siva. Thus he was released from the
bondage of the naga-pasa [the ropes of Varuna], and in full satisfaction
he entered the planet known as Sutala.
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evam indraya bhagavan
pratyaniya trivistapam
purayitvaditeh kamam
asasat sakalam jagat
Thus having delivered the proprietorship of the heavenly planets to
Indra and having fulfilled the desire of Aditi, mother of the demigods,
the Supreme Personality of Godhead ruled the affairs of the universe.
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labdha-prasadam nirmuktam
pautram vamsa-dharam balim
nisamya bhakti-pravanah
prahrada idam abravit
When Prahlada Maharaja heard how Bali Maharaja, his grandson and
descendant, had been released from bondage and had achieved the
benediction of the Lord, he spoke as follows in a tone of greatly
ecstatic devotion.
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sri-prahrada uvaca
nemam virinco labhate prasadam
na srir na sarvah kim utapare ‘nye
yan no ‘suranam asi durga-palo
visvabhivandyair abhivanditanghrih
Prahlada Maharaja said: O Supreme Personality of Godhead, You are
universally worshiped; even Lord Brahma and Lord Siva worship Your lotus
feet. Yet although You are such a great personality, You have kindly
promised to protect us, the demons. I think that such kindness has never
been achieved even by Lord Brahma, Lord Siva or the goddess of fortune,
Laksmi, what to speak of other demigods or common people.
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yat-pada-padma-makaranda-nisevanena
brahmadayah saranadasnuvate vibhutih
kasmad vayam kusrtayah khala-yonayas te
daksinya-drsti-padavim bhavatah pranitah
O supreme shelter of everyone, great personalities like Brahma enjoy
their perfection simply by tasting the honey of rendering service at Your
lotus feet. But as for us, who are all rogues and debauchees born of an
envious family of demons, how have we received Your mercy? It has been
possible only because Your mercy is causeless.
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citram tavehitam aho ‘mita-yogamayalila-
visrsta-bhuvanasya visaradasya
sarvatmanah samadrso ‘visamah svabhavo
bhakta-priyo yad asi kalpataru-svabhavah
O my Lord, Your pastimes are all wonderfully performed by Your
inconceivable spiritual energy; and by her perverted reflection, the
material energy, You have created all the universes. As the Supersoul of
all living entities, You are aware of everything, and therefore You are
certainly equal toward everyone. Nonetheless, You favor Your devotees.
This is not partiality, however, for Your characteristic is just like
that of a desire tree, which yields everything according to one’s desire.
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sri-bhagavan uvaca
vatsa prahrada bhadram te
prayahi sutalalayam
modamanah sva-pautrena
jnatinam sukham avaha
The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: My dear son Prahlada, all
good fortune unto you. For the time being, please go to the place known
as Sutala and there enjoy happiness with your grandson and your other
relatives and friends.
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nityam drastasi mam tatra
gada-panim avasthitam
mad-darsana-mahahladadhvasta-
karma-nibandhanah
The Supreme Personality of Godhead assured Prahlada Maharaja: You
shall be able to see Me there in My usual feature with conchshell, disc,
club and lotus in My hand. Because of your transcendental bliss due to
always personally seeing Me, you will have no further bondage to fruitive
activities.
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sri-suka uvaca
ajnam bhagavato rajan
prahrado balina saha
badham ity amala-prajno
murdhny adhaya krtanjalih
parikramyadi-purusam
sarvasura-camupatih
pranatas tad-anujnatah
pravivesa maha-bilam
Srila Sukadeva Gosvami said: Accompanied by Bali Maharaja, my dear
King Pariksit, Prahlada Maharaja, the master of all the chiefs of the
demons, took the Supreme Lord’s order on his head with folded hands.
After saying yes to the Lord, circumambulating Him and offering Him
respectful obeisances, he entered the lower planetary system known as
Sutala.
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athahosanasam rajan
harir narayano ‘ntike
asinam rtvijam madhye
sadasi brahma-vadinam
Hari, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Narayana, thereafter
addressed Sukracarya, who was sitting nearby in the midst of the assembly
with the priests [brahma, hota, udgata and adhvaryu]. O Maharaja
Pariksit, these priests were all brahma-vadis, followers of the Vedic
principles for performing sacrifices.
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brahman santanu sisyasya
karma-cchidram vitanvatah
yat tat karmasu vaisamyam
brahma-drstam samam bhavet
O best of the brahmanas, Sukracarya, please describe the fault or
discrepancy in your disciple Bali Maharaja, who engaged in performing
sacrifices. This fault will be nullified when judged in the presence of
qualified brahmanas.
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sri-sukra uvaca
kutas tat-karma-vaisamyam
yasya karmesvaro bhavan
yajneso yajna-purusah
sarva-bhavena pujitah
Sukracarya said: My Lord, You are the enjoyer and lawgiver in all
performances of sacrifice, and You are the yajna-purusa, the person to
whom all sacrifices are offered. If one has fully satisfied You, where is
the chance of discrepancies or faults in his performances of sacrifice?
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mantratas tantratas chidram
desa-kalarha-vastutah
sarvam karoti nischidram
anusankirtanam tava
There may be discrepancies in pronouncing the mantras and observing
the regulative principles, and, moreover, there may be discrepancies in
regard to time, place, person and paraphernalia. But when Your Lordship’s
holy name is chanted, everything becomes faultless.
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tathapi vadato bhuman
karisyamy anusasanam
etac chreyah param pumsam
yat tavajnanupalanam
Lord Visnu, I must nonetheless act in obedience to Your order because
obeying Your order is most auspicious and is the first duty of everyone.
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sri-suka uvaca
pratinandya harer ajnam
usana bhagavan iti
yajna-cchidram samadhatta
baler viprarsibhih saha
Sukadeva Gosvami continued: In this way, the most powerful Sukracarya
accepted the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead with full
respect. Along with the best brahmanas, he began to compensate for the
discrepancies in the sacrifices performed by Bali Maharaja.
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evam baler mahim rajan
bhiksitva vamano harih
dadau bhratre mahendraya
tridivam yat parair hrtam
O King Pariksit, thus having taken all the land of Bali Maharaja by
begging, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Vamanadeva, delivered
to His brother Indra all the land taken away by Indra’s enemy.
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prajapati-patir brahma
devarsi-pitr-bhumipaih
daksa-bhrgv-angiro-mukhyaih
kumarena bhavena ca
kasyapasyaditeh prityai
sarva-bhuta-bhavaya ca
lokanam loka-palanam
akarod vamanam patim
Lord Brahma [the master of King Daksa and all other Prajapatis],
accompanied by all the demigods, the great saintly persons, the
inhabitants of Pitrloka, the Manus, the munis, and such leaders as Daksa,
Bhrgu and Angira, as well as Karttikeya and Lord Siva, accepted Lord
Vamanadeva as the protector of everyone. He did this for the pleasure of
Kasyapa Muni and his wife Aditi and for the welfare of all the
inhabitants of the universe, including their various leaders.
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vedanam sarva-devanam
dharmasya yasasah sriyah
mangalanam vratanam ca
kalpam svargapavargayoh
upendram kalpayam cakre
patim sarva-vibhutaye
tada sarvani bhutani
bhrsam mumudire nrpa
O King Pariksit, Indra was considered the King of all the universe,
but the demigods, headed by Lord Brahma, wanted Upendra, Lord Vamanadeva,
as the protector of the Vedas, the principles of religion, fame,
opulence, auspiciousness, vows, elevation to the higher planetary system,
and liberation. Thus they accepted Upendra, Lord Vamanadeva, as the
supreme master of everything. This decision made all living entities
extremely happy.
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tatas tv indrah puraskrtya
deva-yanena vamanam
loka-palair divam ninye
brahmana canumoditah
Thereafter, along with all the leaders of the heavenly planets, Indra,
the King of heaven, placed Lord Vamanadeva before him and, with the
approval of Lord Brahma, brought Him to the heavenly planet in a
celestial airplane.
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prapya tri-bhuvanam cendra
upendra-bhuja-palitah
sriya paramaya justo
mumude gata-sadhvasah
Indra, King of heaven, being protected by the arms of Vamanadeva, the
Supreme Personality of Godhead, thus regained his rule of the three
worlds and was reinstated in his own position, supremely opulent,
fearless and fully satisfied.
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brahma sarvah kumaras ca
bhrgv-adya munayo nrpa
pitarah sarva-bhutani
siddha vaimanikas ca ye
sumahat karma tad visnor
gayantah param adbhutam
dhisnyani svani te jagmur
aditim ca sasamsire
Lord Brahma, Lord Siva, Lord Karttikeya, the great sage Bhrgu, other
saintly persons, the inhabitants of Pitrloka and all other living
entities present, including the inhabitants of Siddhaloka and living
entities who travel in outer space by airplane, all glorified the
uncommon activities of Lord Vamanadeva. O King, while chanting about and
glorifying the Lord, they returned to their respective heavenly planets.
They also praised the position of Aditi.
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sarvam etan mayakhyatam
bhavatah kula-nandana
urukramasya caritam
srotrnam agha-mocanam
O Maharaja Pariksit, pleasure of your dynasty, I have now described to
you everything about the wonderful activities of the Supreme Personality
of Godhead Vamanadeva. Those who hear about this are certainly freed from
all the results of sinful activities.
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param mahimna uruvikramato grnano
yah parthivani vimame sa rajamsi martyah
kim jayamana uta jata upaiti martya
ity aha mantra-drg rsih purusasya yasya
One who is subject to death cannot measure the glories of the Supreme
Personality of Godhead, Trivikrama, Lord Visnu, any more than he can
count the number of atoms on the entire planet earth. No one, whether
born already or destined to take birth, is able to do this. This has been
sung by the great sage Vasistha.
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ya idam deva-devasya
harer adbhuta-karmanah
avataranucaritam
srnvan yati param gatim
If one hears about the uncommon activities of the Supreme Personality
of Godhead in His various incarnations, he is certainly elevated to the
higher planetary system or even brought back home, back to Godhead.
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kriyamane karmanidam
daive pitrye ‘tha manuse
yatra yatranukirtyeta
tat tesam sukrtam viduh
Whenever the activities of Vamanadeva are described in the course of a
ritualistic ceremony, whether the ceremony be performed to please the
demigods, to please one’s forefathers in Pitrloka, or to celebrate a
social event like a marriage, that ceremony should be understood to be
extremely auspicious.
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