ज्यायान् गुणैरवरजोऽप्यदिते: सुतानां लोकान् विचक्रम इमान् यदथाधियज्ञ: । क्ष्मां वामनेन जगृहे त्रिपदच्छलेन याच्ञामृते पथि चरन् प्रभुभिर्न चाल्य: ॥ १७ ॥
jyayan gunair avarajo ’py aditeh sutanam lokan vicakrama iman yad athadhiyajnah ksmam vamanena jagrhe tripada-cchalena yacnam rte pathi caran prabhubhir na calyah
- jyayan
- the greatest
- gunaih
- by qualities
- avarajah
- transcendental
- api
- although He is so
- aditeh
- of Aditi
- sutanam
- of all the sons (known as Adityas)
- lokan
- all the planets
- vicakrame
- surpassed
- iman
- in this universe
- yat
- one who
- atha
- therefore
- adhiyajnah
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- ksmam
- all the lands
- vamanena
- in the incarnation of Vamana
- jagrhe
- accepted
- tripada
- three steps
- chalena
- by pretension
- yacnam
- begging
- rte
- without
- pathi caran
- passing over the right path
- prabhubhih
- by authorities
- na
- never to be
- calyah
- to be bereft of
The Lord, although transcendental to all material modes, still surpassed all the qualities of the sons of Aditi, known as the Adityas. The Lord appeared as the youngest son of Aditi. And because He surpassed all the planes of the universe, He is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. On the pretense of asking for a measurement of three footsteps of land, He took away all the lands of Bali Maharaja. He asked simply because without begging, no authority can take one’s rightful possession.