Canto 8: Withdrawal of the Cosmic CreationsChapter 19: Lord Vāmanadeva Begs Charity from Bali Mahārāja

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.19.5

yato jāto hiraṇyākṣaś

carann eka imāḿ mahīm

prativīraḿ dig-vijaye

nāvindata gadāyudhaḥ

SYNONYMS

yataḥin which dynasty; jātaḥ — was born; hiraṇyākṣaḥ — the king named Hiraṇyākṣa; caran — wandering; ekaḥ — alone; imām — this; mahīm — surface of the globe; prativīrama rival hero; dik-vijaye — for conquering all directions; na avindata — could not get; gadā-āyudhaḥ — bearing his own club.

TRANSLATION

It was in your dynasty that Hiraṇyākṣa was born. Carrying only his own club, he wandered the globe alone, without assistance, to conquer all directions, and no hero he met could rival him.

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