Canto 8: Withdrawal of the Cosmic CreationsChapter 22: Bali Mahārāja Surrenders His Life

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.22.12

śrī-śuka uvāca

tasyetthaḿ bhāṣamāṇasya

prahrādo bhagavat-priyaḥ

ājagāma kuru-śreṣṭha

rākā-patir ivotthitaḥ

SYNONYMS

śrī-śukaḥ uvācaŚrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; tasyaBali Mahārāja; itthamin this way; bhāṣamāṇasya — while describing his fortunate position; prahrādaḥMahārāja Prahlāda, his grandfather; bhagavat-priyaḥ — the most favored devotee of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; ājagāma — appeared there; kuru-śreṣṭhaO best of the Kurus, Mahārāja Parīkṣit; rākā-patiḥ — the moon; iva — like; utthitaḥ — having risen.

TRANSLATION

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: O best of the Kurus, while Bali Mahārāja was describing his fortunate position in this way, the most dear devotee of the Lord, Prahlāda Mahārāja, appeared there, like the moon rising in the nighttime.

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