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Śrimad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 8, Ch. 18]
Vāmanadeva. Therefore, after washing the Lord's feet, Bali Mahārāja immediately accepted the water from the Lord's feet on his head and felt that he and his predecessors had certainly been glorified. Then Bali Mahārāja inquired of Lord Vāmanadeva's welfare and requested the Lord to ask him for money, jewels or anything He might desire.
TEXT 1
श्रीशुक उवाच
इत्थं विरिञ्चस्तुतकर्मवीर्यः
प्रादुर्बभूवामृतभूरदित्याम् ।
चतुर्भुजः शङ्खगदाब्जचक्रः
पिशङ्खवासा नलिनायतेक्षणः ॥ १ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca
ittham viriñca-stuta-karma-vīryaḥ
prādurbabhūvāmṛta-bhūr adityām
catur-bhujaḥ śaṅkha-gadābja-cakraḥ
piśaṅga-vāsā nalināyatekṣaṇaḥ
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca—Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; ittham—in this way; viriñca-stuta-karma-vīryaḥ—the Personality of Godhead, whose activities and prowess are always praised by Lord Brahmā; prādurbabhūva—became manifested; amṛta-bhūḥ—whose appearance is always deathless; adityām—from the womb of Aditi; catuḥ-bhujaḥ—having four arms; śaṅkha-gadā-abja-cakraḥ—decorated with conch-shell, club, lotus and disc; piśaṅga-vāsāḥ—dressed in yellow garments; nalina-āyata-īkṣaṇaḥ—having blooming eyes like the petals of a lotus.
TRANSLATION
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: After Lord Brahmā had thus spoken, glorifying the Supreme Lord's activities and prowess, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is never subject to death like an ordinary living being, appeared from the womb of Aditi. His four