Text 28] The Lord Begs Charity from Bali Mahārāja
77
TEXT 27
तस्मात् त्रीणि पदान्येव वृणे त्वद् वरदर्षमात् । एतावतैव सिद्धोऽहं वित्तं यावत्प्रयोजनम् ॥२७॥
tasmāt trīṇi padāny eva vṛṇe tvad varadarṣabhāt etāvataiva siddho 'haṁ vittaṁ yāvat prayojanam
tasmāt —because of being satisfied by things easily obtained;  trīṇi —three;  padāni —steps;  eva —indeed;  vṛṇe —I ask;  tvat —from your good self;  varada-ṛṣabhāt —who are a munificent benedictor;  etāvatā eva —merely by such an endowment;  siddhaḥ aham —I shall feel full satisfaction;  vittam —achievement;  yāvat —as far as;  prayojanam —is needed.
TRANSLATION
Therefore, O King, from you, the best of those who give charity, I ask only three paces of land. By such a gift I shall be very pleased, for the way of happiness is to be fully satisfied to receive that which is absolutely needed.
TEXT 28
श्रीशुक उवाच
इत्युक्तः स हसनाह वाञ्छातः प्रतिगृह्यताम् । वामनाय महीं दातुं जग्राह जलमाजनम् ॥२८॥
śrī-śuka uvāca ity uktaḥ sa hasann āha vāñchātaḥ pratigṛhyatām vāmanāya mahīṁ dātuṁ jagrāha jala-bhājanam
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca —Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said;  iti uktaḥ —thus being addressed;  saḥ —he (Bali Mahārāja);  hasan —smiling;  āha —said;  vāñchātaḥ —as You have desired;  pratigṛhyatām —now take from me;