Text 28] The Demigods and Demons Declare a Truce
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śrī-śukaḥ uvāca—Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said;  iti —thus;  devān —all the demigods;  samādiśya —advising;  bhagavān —the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  puruṣa-uttamaḥ —the best of all persons;  teṣām —from them;  antardadhe —disappeared;  rājan —O King;  svacchanda —free;  gatiḥ —whose movements;  īśvaraḥ —the Personality of Godhead.
TRANSLATION
Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: O King Parikṣit, after advising the demigods in this way, the independent Supreme Personality of Godhead, the best of all living entities, disappeared from their presence.
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अथ तस्मै भगवते नमस्कृत्य पितामहः ।
भवश्च जग्मतुः स्वं स्वं धामोपेयुर्बलि मुराः ॥२७॥
atha tasmai bhagavate namaskṛtya pitāmahaḥ bhavaś ca jagmatuḥ svam svam dhāmopeyur balim surāḥ
atha —after this;  tasmai —unto Him;  bhagavate —unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  namaskṛtya —offering obeisances;  pitāmahaḥ —Lord Brahmā;  bhavaḥ ca —as well as Lord Śiva;  jagmatuḥ —returned;  svam svam —to their own;  dhāma —abodes;  upeyuḥ —approached;  balim —King Bali;  surāḥ —all the other demigods.
TRANSLATION
Then Lord Brahmā and Lord Śiva, after offering their respectful obeisances to the Lord, returned to their abodes. All the demigods then approached Mahārāja Bali.
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दृष्ट्वारीनप्यसंयत्ताञ्जातक्षोभान्स्वनायकान् ।
न्यषेघद् दैत्यराट् श्लोक्यः सन्धिविग्रहकालवित् ॥ २८ ॥