Canto 8: Withdrawal of the Cosmic CreationsChapter 20: Bali Mahārāja Surrenders the Universe

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.20.25-29

hṛdy ańga dharmaḿ stanayor murārer

ṛtaḿ ca satyaḿ ca manasy athendum

śriyaḿ ca vakṣasy aravinda-hastāḿ

kaṇṭhe ca sāmāni samasta-rephān

indra-pradhānān amarān bhujeṣu

tat-karṇayoḥ kakubho dyauś ca mūrdhni

keśeṣu meghāñ chvasanaḿ nāsikāyām

akṣṇoś ca sūryaḿ vadane ca vahnim

vāṇyāḿ ca chandāḿsi rase jaleśaḿ

bhruvor niṣedhaḿ ca vidhiḿ ca pakṣmasu

ahaś ca rātriḿ ca parasya puḿso

manyuḿ lalāṭe 'dhara eva lobham

sparśe ca kāmaḿ nṛpa retasāmbhaḥ

pṛṣṭhe tv adharmaḿ kramaṇeṣu yajñam

chāyāsu mṛtyuḿ hasite ca māyāḿ

tanū-ruheṣv oṣadhi-jātayaś ca

nadīś ca nāḍīṣu śilā nakheṣu

buddhāv ajaḿ deva-gaṇān ṛṣīḿś ca

prāṇeṣu gātre sthira-jańgamāni

sarvāṇi bhūtāni dadarśa vīraḥ

SYNONYMS

hṛdi — within the heart; ańga — my dear King Parīkṣit; dharmam — religion; stanayoḥ — on the bosom; murāreḥ — of Murāri, the Supreme Personality of Godhead; ṛtam — very pleasing words; ca — also; satyam — truthfulness; ca — also; manasiin the mind; atha — thereafter; indum — the moon; śriyam — the goddess of fortune; ca — also; vakṣasi — on the chest; aravinda-hastām — who always carries a lotus flower in her hand; kaṇṭhe — on the neck; ca — also; sāmāni — all the Vedas (Sāma, Yajur, Ṛg and Atharva); samasta-rephān — all sound vibrations; indra-pradhānān — headed by King Indra; amarān — all the demigods; bhujeṣu — on the arms; tat-karṇayoḥ — on the ears; kakubhaḥ — all the directions; dyauḥ ca — the luminaries; mūrdhni — on the top of the head; keśeṣu — within the hair; meghān — the clouds; śvasanam — breathing air; nāsikāyām — on the nostrils; akṣṇoḥ cain the eyes; sūryam — the sun; vadanein the mouth; ca — also; vahnim — fire; vāṇyāmin His speech; ca — also; chandāḿsi — the Vedic hymns; rasein the tongue; jala-īśam — the demigod of the water; bhruvoḥ — on the eyebrows; niṣedham — warnings; ca — also; vidhim — regulative principles; ca — also; pakṣmasuin the eyelids; ahaḥ ca — daytime; rātrim — night; ca — also; parasya — of the supreme; puḿsaḥ — of the person; manyum — anger; lalāṭe — on the forehead; adhare — on the lips; eva — indeed; lobham — greed; sparśein His touch; ca — also; kāmam — lusty desires; nṛpaO King; retasā — by semen; ambhaḥ — water; pṛṣṭhe — on the back; tu — but; adharmam — irreligion; kramaṇeṣuin the wonderful activities; yajñam — fire sacrifice; chāyāsuin the shadows; mṛtyum — death; hasitein His smiling; ca — also; māyām — the illusory energy; tanū-ruheṣuin the hair on the body; oṣadhi-jātayaḥ — all species of drugs, herbs and plants; ca — and; nadīḥ — the rivers; ca — also; nāḍīṣuin the veins; śilāḥ — stones; nakheṣuin the nails; buddhauin the intelligence; ajam — Lord Brahmā; deva-gaṇān — the demigods; ṛṣīn ca — and the great sages; prāṇeṣuin the senses; gātrein the body; sthira-jańgamāni — moving and stationary; sarvāṇi — all of them; bhūtāni — living entities; dadarśa — saw; vīraḥBali Mahārāja.

TRANSLATION

My dear King, on the heart of Lord Murāri he saw religion; on the chest, both pleasing words and truthfulness; in the mind, the moon; on the bosom, the goddess of fortune, with a lotus flower in her hand; on the neck, all the Vedas and all sound vibrations; on the arms, all the demigods, headed by King Indra; in both ears, all the directions; on the head, the upper planetary systems; on the hair, the clouds; in the nostrils, the wind; on the eyes, the sun; and in the mouth, fire. From His words came all the Vedic mantras, on His tongue was the demigod of water, Varuṇadeva, on His eyebrows were the regulative principles, and on His eyelids were day and night. [When His eyes were open it was daytime, and when they were closed it was night.] On His forehead was anger, and on His lips was greed. O King, in His touch were lusty desires, in His semen were all the waters, on His back was irreligion, and in His wonderful activities or steps was the fire of sacrifice. On His shadow was death, in His smile was the illusory energy, and on the hairs of His body were all the drugs and herbs. In His veins were all the rivers, on His nails were all the stones, in His intelligence were Lord Brahmā, the demigods and the great saintly persons, and throughout His entire body and senses were all living entities, moving and stationary. Bali Mahārāja thus saw everything in the gigantic body of the Lord.

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