Text 9] Bali Mahārāja Conquers the Heavenly Planets
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brāhmaṇas and offered them obeisances. He also saluted Prahlāda Mahārāja and offered obeisances to him.
TEXTS 8-9
अथारुक्ष रथं दिव्यं भृगुदत्तं महारथः ।
सुक्ष्मग्वरोऽथ संनक्ष धन्वी खज्जी धृतेषुधिः ॥ ८ ॥
हेमाङ्गदत्तसद्वाहुः स्फुरन्मकरकुण्डतः ।
रताज रथमारूढो धिष्ण्यस्थ इव हव्यवाट् ॥ ९ ॥
athāruhya ratham divyam bhṛgu-dattam mahārathaḥ susrag-dharo 'tha sannahya dhanvī khaḍgī dhṛteṣudhiḥ
hemānigada-lasad-bāhuḥ sphuran-makara-kuṇḍalaḥ rarāja ratham ārūḍho dhiṣṇya-stha iva havyavāṭ
atha—thereupon; āruhya—getting on; ratham—the chariot; divyam—celestial; bhṛgu-dattam—given by Śukrācārya; mahārathaḥ—Bali Mahārāja, the great charioteer; su-srak-dharaḥ—decorated with a nice garland; atha—thus; sannahya—covering his body with armor; dhanvī—equipped with a bow; khaḍgī—taking a sword; dhṛta-iṣudhiḥ—taking a quiver of arrows; hema-anigada-lasat-bāhuḥ—decorated with golden bangles on his arms; sphurat-makara-kuṇḍalaḥ—decorated with brilliant earrings resembling sapphires; rarāja—was illuminating; ratham ārūḍhaḥ—getting on the chariot; dhiṣṇya-sthaḥ—situated on the altar of sacrifice; iva—like; havya-vāṭ—worshipable fire.
TRANSLATION
Then, after getting on the chariot given by Śukrācārya, Bali Mahārāja, decorated with a nice garland, put protective armor on his body, equipped himself with a bow, and took up a sword and a