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Bali Mahārāja Arrested by the Lord
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TEXT 27
हाहाकारो महानासीद् रोदस्योः सर्वतोदिशम् । निगृह्यमाणेऽसुरपतौ विष्णुना प्रभविष्णुना॥२७॥
hāhākāro mahān āsīd rodasyoḥ sarvato dīśam nigṛhyamāṇe 'sura-patau viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā
hāhā-kāraḥ —a tumultuous roar of lamentation;  mahān —great;  āsīt —there was;  rodasyoḥ —in both the lower and upper planetary systems;  sarvataḥ —everywhere;  dīśam —all directions;  nigṛhyamāṇe —because of being suppressed;  asura-patau —when Bali Mahārāja, the King of the demons;  viṣṇunā —by Lord Viṣṇu;  prabhaviṣṇunā —who is the most powerful everywhere.
TRANSLATION
When Bali Mahārāja was thus arrested by Lord Viṣṇu, who is the most powerful, there was a great roar of lamentation in all directions throughout the upper and lower planetary systems of the universe.
TEXT 28
तं बद्धं बारुणैः पाशैर्भगवानाह वामनः । नष्टश्रियं स्थिरप्रज्ञमुदारयशसं नृप ॥२८॥
tam baddham vāruṇaiḥ pāśair bhagavān āha vāmanaḥ naṣṭa-śriyam sthira-prajñam udāra-yaśasam nṛpa
tam —unto him;  baddham —who was so arrested;  vāruṇaiḥ pāśaiḥ —by the ropes of Varuṇa;  bhagavān —the Supreme Personality of God-head;  āha —said;  vāmanaḥ —Vāmanadeva;  naṣṭa-śriyam —unto Bali Mahārāja, who had lost his bodily luster;  sthira-prajñam —but was all