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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 8, Ch. 22]
dressed in yellow garments;  añjana-tviṣam —with his body resembling black ointment for the eyes;  pralamba-bāhum —very long arms;  śubhaga-ṛṣabham —the best of all auspicious persons;  aikṣata —he saw.
TRANSLATION
Then Bali Mahārāja saw his grandfather Prahlāda Mahārāja, the most fortunate personality, whose dark body resembled black ointment for the eyes. His tall, elegant figure was dressed in yellow garments, he had long arms, and his beautiful eyes were like the petals of a lotus. He was very dear and pleasing to everyone.
TEXT 14
तस्मै बलिर्वारुणपाश्यन्तितः 
    समर्हणं नोपजहार पूर्ववत् । 
    ननाम मूर्ध्नाश्विलोललोचनः 
    सत्रीडनीचीनमुखो बभूव ह ॥१४॥
tasmai balir vāruṇa-pāśa-yantritaḥ 
    samarhaṇam nopajahāra pūrvavat 
    nanāma mūrdhnāśru-vilola-locanaḥ 
    sa-vrīḍa-nīcīna-mukho babhūva ha
tasmai —unto Prahlāda Mahārāja;  baliḥ —Bali Mahārāja;  vāruṇa-pāśa-yantritaḥ —being bound by the ropes of Varuṇa;  samarhaṇam —befitting respect;  na —not;  upajahāra —offered;  pūrva-vat —like before;  nanāma —he offered obeisances;  mūrdhnā —with the head;  aśru-vilola-locanaḥ —eyes inundated with tears;  sa-vrīḍa —with shyness;  nīcīna —downward;  mukhaḥ —face;  babhūva ha —he so became.
TRANSLATION
Being bound by the ropes of Varuṇa, Bali Mahārāja could not offer befitting respect to Prahlāda Mahārāja as he had before. Rather, he simply offered respectful obeisances with his head, his eyes being inundated with tears and his face lowered in shame.