Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.21.29

padāni trīṇi dattāni

bhūmer mahyaḿ tvayāsura

dvābhyāḿ krāntā mahī sarvā

tṛtīyam upakalpaya

SYNONYMS

padāni — footsteps; trīṇi — three; dattāni — have been given; bhūmeḥ — of land; mahyam — unto Me; tvayā — by you; asura — O King of the demons; dvābhyām — by two steps; krāntā — have been occupied; mahī — all the land; sarvā — completely; tṛtīyam — for the third step; upakalpaya — now find the means.

TRANSLATION

O King of the demons, you have promised to give Me three steps of land, but I have occupied the entire universe with two steps. Now think about where I should put My third.

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