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

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 8.23.3

sri-suka uvaca

ity uktva harim anatya

brahmanam sabhavam tatah

vivesa sutalam prito

balir muktah sahasuraih

SYNONYMS

sri-sukah uvaca -- Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said; iti uktva -- saying this; harim -- unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari; anatya -- offering obeisances; brahmanam -- unto Lord Brahma; sa-bhavam -- with Lord Siva; tatah -- thereafter; vivesa -- he entered; sutalam -- the planet Sutala; pritah -- being fully satisfied; balih -- Bali Maharaja; muktah -- thus released; saha asuraih -- with his asura associates.

TRANSLATION

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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