Text 2] The Demigods Regain the Heavenly Planets
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great soul, Bali Mahārāja, his eyes filled with tears, his hands folded and his voice faltering in devotional ecstasy, responded as follows.
TEXT 2
श्रीबलिरुवाच
अहो प्रणामाय कृतः समुद्यमः
प्रपन्नभक्तार्थविधौ समाहितः ।
यल्लोकपालैस्त्वदनुग्रहोऽमरै-
रल्ल्यपूर्वोऽपसदेऽसुरेऽर्पितः ॥ २ ॥
śrī-balir uvāca
aho praṇāmāya kṛtaḥ samudyamaḥ
prapanna-bhaktārtha-vidhau samāhitaḥ
yal loka-pālais tvad-anugraho 'marair
alabdha-pūrvo 'pasade 'sure 'rpitaḥ
śrī-baliḥ uvāca—Bali Mahārāja said; aho—alas; praṇāmāya—to offer my respectful obeisances; kṛtaḥ—I did; samudyamaḥ—only an endeavor; prapanna-bhakta-artha-vidhau—in the regulative principles observed by pure devotees; samāhitaḥ—is capable; yat—that; loka-pālaiḥ—by the leaders of various planets; tvat-anugrahaḥ—Your causeless mercy; amaraiḥ—by the demigods; alabdha-pūrvaḥ—not achieved previously; apasade—unto a fallen person like me; asure—belonging to the asura community; arpitaḥ—endowed.
TRANSLATION
Bali Mahārāja said: What a wonderful effect there is in even attempting to offer respectful obeisances to You! I merely endeavored to offer You obeisances, but nonetheless the attempt was as successful as those of pure devotees. The causeless mercy You have shown to me, a fallen demon, was never achieved even by the demigods or the leaders of the various planets.