Text 3] Bali Maharaja Conquers the Heavenly Planets 185

bandhanam—arresting; ca—also; api—although; andgasah—of he
who was faultless.
TRANSLATION

Maharaja Pariksit inquired: The Supreme Personality of God-
head is the proprietor of everything. Why did He beg three paces
of land from Bali Maharaja like a poor man, and when He got the
gift for which He had begged, why did He nonetheless arrest Bali
Maharaja? I am very much anxious to know the mystery of these
contradictions.

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Sri-Suka uvaca
parajita-srir asubhis ca hapito
hindrena rajan bhrgubhih sa jivitah
sarvatmana tan abhajad bhrgiin balih

Sisyo mahatmartha-nivedanena

sri-Sukah uvaca—Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said; pardjita—being de-
feated; srih—opulences; asubhih ca—of life also; hapitah—deprived;
hi—indeed; indrena—by King Indra; rajan—O King; bhrgubhih—by
the descendants of Bhrgu Muni; sah—he (Bali Maharaja); Jivitah—
brought back to life; sarva-dtmand—in full submission; taén—them;
abhajat—worshiped; bhrgiin—the descendants of Bhrgu Muni; balih—
Maharaja Bali; sisyah—a disciple; mahatma—the great soul; artha-
nivedanena—by giving them everything.

TRANSLATION

Sukadeva Gosvami said: O King, when Bali Maharaja lost all his
opulence and died in the fight, Sukracarya, a descendant of Bhrgu
