Text 20] Bali Maharaja Surrenders His Life 175

TRANSLATION

Sukadeva Gosvami continued: O King Pariksit, Lord Brahma
then began to speak to the Supreme Personality of Godhead,
within the hearing of Prahlada Maharaja, who stood nearby with
folded hands.

TEXT 19

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MTHS: ANAT TISAI FTN

baddham viksya patim sadhvi
tat-patni bhaya-vihvala

pranjalih pranatopendram
babhase ’vaén-mukhi nrpa

baddham —arrested; viksya—seeing; patim—her husband; sadhvi—
the chaste woman; tat-patni—Bali Maharaja’s wife; bhaya-vihvala—
being very disturbed by fear; prafijalih—with folded hands; pranata—
having offered obeisances; upendram—unto Vamanadeva; babhdse—
addressed; avak-mukhi—with face downward; nrpa—O Maharaja
Pariksit.

TRANSLATION

But Bali Maharaja’s chaste wife, afraid and aggrieved at seeing
her husband arrested, immediately offered obeisances to Lord
Vamanadeva [Upendra]. She folded her hands and spoke as
follows.

PURPORT

Although Lord Brahma was speaking, he had to stop for a while be-
cause Bali Maharaja’s wife, Vindhyavali, who was very agitated and
afraid, wanted to say something.

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