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

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.23.3

śrī-śuka uvāca

ity uktvā harim ānatya

brahmāṇaḿ sabhavaḿ tataḥ

viveśa sutalaḿ prīto

balir muktaḥ sahāsuraiḥ

SYNONYMS

śrī-śukaḥ uvācaŚrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; iti uktvā — saying this; harim — unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari; ānatya — offering obeisances; brahmāṇam — unto Lord Brahmā; sa-bhavam — with Lord Śiva; tataḥ — thereafter; viveśahe entered; sutalam — the planet Sutala; prītaḥ — being fully satisfied; baliḥBali Mahārāja; muktaḥ — thus released; saha asuraiḥ — with his asura associates.

TRANSLATION

Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: After speaking in this way, Bali Mahārāja offered his obeisances first to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari, and then to Lord Brahmā and Lord Śiva. Thus he was released from the bondage of the nāga-pāśa [the ropes of Varuṇa], and in full satisfaction he entered the planet known as Sutala.

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