Canto 8: Withdrawal of the Cosmic CreationsChapter 21: Bali Mahārāja Arrested by the Lord

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.21.11

anena yācamānena

śatruṇā vaṭu-rūpiṇā

sarvasvaḿ no hṛtaḿ bhartur

nyasta-daṇḍasya barhiṣi

SYNONYMS

anena — by Him; yācamānena — who is in the position of a beggar; śatruṇā — by the enemy; vaṭu-rūpiṇāin the form of a brahmacārī; sarvasvam — everything; naḥ — our; hṛtam — has been taken away; bhartuḥ — of our master; nyastahad been given up; daṇḍasya — of whom the power of giving punishment; barhiṣi — because of taking the vow of a ritualistic ceremony.

TRANSLATION

"Our lord, Bali Mahārāja, because of his position in performing the yajña, has given up the power to punish. Taking advantage of this, our eternal enemy, Viṣṇu, dressed in the form of a brahmacārī beggar, has taken away all his possessions.

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