नार्थो बलेरयमुरुक्रमपादशौच- माप: शिखाधृतवतो विबुधाधिपत्यम् । यो वै प्रतिश्रुतमृते न चिकीर्षदन्य- दात्मानमङ्ग मनसा हरयेऽभिमेने ॥ १८ ॥
nartho baler ayam urukrama-pada-saucam apah sikha-dhrtavato vibudhadhipatyam yo vai pratisrutam rte na cikirsad anyad atmanam anga manasa haraye ’bhimene
- na
- never
- arthah
- of any value in comparison with
- baleh
- of strength
- ayam
- this
- urukrama-pada-saucam
- the water washed from the feet of the Personality of Godhead
- apah
- water
- sikha-dhrtavatah
- of one who has kept it on his head
- vibudha-adhipatyam
- supremacy over the kingdom of the demigods
- yah
- one who
- vai
- certainly
- pratisrutam
- what was duly promised
- rte na
- besides that
- cikirsat
- tried for
- anyat
- anything else
- atmanam
- even his personal body
- anga
- O Narada
- manasa
- within his mind
- haraye
- unto the Supreme Lord
- abhimene
- dedicated
Bali Maharaja, who put on his head the water washed from the lotus feet of the Lord, did not think of anything besides his promise, in spite of being forbidden by his spiritual master. The king dedicated his own personal body to fulfill the measurement of the Lord’s third step. For such a personality, even the kingdom of heaven, which he conquered by his strength, was of no value.