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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 24]
sva-śarīra-avaśeṣita  —with only his own body remaining;  loka-trayaḥ  —the three worlds;  varuṇa-pāśaiḥ  —by the ropes of Varuṇa;  ca  —and;  sampratimuktaḥ  —completely bound;  giri-daryām  —in a cave in a mountain;  ca  —and;  apaviddhaḥ  —being detained;  iti  —thus;  ha  —indeed;  uvāca  —said.
TRANSLATION
When the Supreme Personality of Godhead could see no other means of taking everything away from Bali Mahārāja, He adopted the trick of begging from him and took away all the three worlds. Thus only his body was left, but the Lord was still not satisfied. He arrested Bali Mahārāja, bound him with the ropes of Varuṇa and threw him in a cave in a mountain. Nevertheless, although all his property was taken and he was thrown into a cave, Bali Mahārāja was such a great devotee that he spoke as follows.
TEXT 24
नूनं वतायं भगवानर्थेषु न निष्णातां योऽसाविन्द्रो यस्य सचिवो मन्त्राय वृत एकान्ततो वृहस्पतिस्तमतिहाय स्वयमुपेन्द्रेणात्मानमयाच- तात्मनश्चाशिषो नो एव तदास्यमतिगम्भीरवयमः कालस्य मन्वन्तर- परिवृत्तं क्रियलोकत्रयमिदम् ॥२४॥
nūnam batāyam bhagavān artheṣu na niṣṇāto yo 'sāv indro yasya sacivo mantrāya vṛta ekāntato bṛhaspatis tam atihāya svayam upendreṇātmānam ayācatātmanaś cāśiṣo no eva tad-dāsyam ati- gambhīra-vayasaḥ kālasya manvantara-parivṛttam kiyal loka-trayam idam.
nūnam  —certainly;  bata  —alas;  ayam  —this;  bhagavān  —very learned;  artheṣu  —in self-interest;  na  —not;  niṣṇātaḥ  —very ex-perienced;  yaḥ  —who;  asau  —the King of heaven;  indraḥ  —Indra;  yasya  —of whom;  sacivaḥ  —the prime minister;  mantrāya  —for giving instructions;  vṛtaḥ  —chosen;  ekāntataḥ  —alone;  bṛhaspatiḥ  —named Bṛhaspati;  tam  —him;  atihāya  —ignoring;  svayam  —personally;