Canto 8: Withdrawal of the Cosmic CreationsChapter 23: The Demigods Regain the Heavenly Planets

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 8.23.11-12

sri-suka uvaca

ajnam bhagavato rajan

prahrado balina saha

badham ity amala-prajno

murdhny adhaya kritanjalih

parikramyadi-purusham

sarvasura-camupatih

pranatas tad-anujnatah

pravivesa maha-bilam

SYNONYMS

sri-sukah uvaca -- Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said; ajnam -- the order; bhagavatah -- of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; rajan -- O King (Maharaja Parikshit); prahradah -- Maharaja Prahlada; balina saha -- accompanied by Bali Maharaja; badham -- yes, sir, what You say is all right; iti -- thus; amala-prajnah -- Prahlada Maharaja, who had clear intelligence; murdhni -- on his head; adhaya -- accepting; krita-anjalih -- with folded hands; parikramya -- after circumambulating; adi-purusham -- the supreme original person, Bhagavan; sarva-asura-camupatih -- the master of all the chiefs of the demons; pranatah -- after offering obeisances; tat-anujnatah -- being permitted by Him (Lord Vamana); pravivesa -- entered; maha-bilam -- the planet known as Sutala.

TRANSLATION

Srila Sukadeva Gosvami said: Accompanied by Bali Maharaja, my dear King Parikshit, 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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