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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.23.5
labdha-prasādaḿ nirmuktaḿ
pautraḿ vaḿśa-dharaḿ balim
niśāmya bhakti-pravaṇaḥ
prahrāda idam abravīt
SYNONYMS
labdha-prasādam — who had achieved the blessings of the Lord; nirmuktam — who was released from bondage; pautram — his grandson; vaḿśa-dharam — the descendant; balim — Bali Mahārāja; niśāmya — after overhearing; bhakti-pravaṇaḥ — in fully ecstatic devotion; prahrādaḥ — Prahlāda Mahārāja; idam — this; abravīt — spoke.
TRANSLATION
When Prahlāda Mahārāja heard how Bali Mahārāja, 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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