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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 8, Ch. 23]
must execute;  anuśāsanam —because it is Your order;  etat —this is;  śreyaḥ —that which is the most auspicious;  param —supreme;  puṁsām —of all persons;  yat —because;  tava ājñā-anupālanam —to obey Your order.
TRANSLATION
Lord Viṣṇu, I must nonetheless act in obedience to Your order because obeying Your order is most auspicious and is the first duty of everyone.
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श्रीशुक उवाच
प्रतिनन्ध हरेराज्ञापुशना भगवानिति । यज्ञच्छिद्रं समाधत्त बलेर्विप्रर्षिभिः सह ॥१८॥
śrī-śuka uvāca pratinandya harer ājñām uśanā bhagavān iti yajña-cchidraṁ samādhatta baler vipraṣibhiḥ saha
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca—Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said;  pratinandya —offering all obeisances;  hareḥ —of the Personality of Godhead;  ājñām —the order;  uśanāḥ —Śukrācārya;  bhagavān —the most powerful;  iti —thus;  yajña-chidram —discrepancies in the performance of sacrifices;  samādhatta —made it a point to fulfill;  baleḥ —of Bali Mahārāja;  vipraṣibhiḥ —the best  brāhmaṇas ;  saha —along with.
TRANSLATION
Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: In this way, the most powerful Śukrācārya accepted the order of the Supreme Personality of Godhead with full respect. Along with the best  brāhmaṇas , he began to compensate for the discrepancies in the sacrifices performed by Bali Mahārāja.
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एवं बलेर्महीं राजन् भिक्षित्वा वामनो हरिः । ददौ भ्रात्रे महेन्द्राय त्रिदिवं यत् परैर्हतम् ॥१९॥