ततोऽधस्तात्सुतले उदारश्रवा: पुण्यश्लोको विरोचनात्मजो बलिर्भगवता महेन्द्रस्य प्रियं चिकीर्षमाणेनादितेर्लब्धकायो भूत्वा वटुवामनरूपेण पराक्षिप्तलोकत्रयो भगवदनुकम्पयैव पुन: प्रवेशित इन्द्रादिष्वविद्यमानया सुसमृद्धया श्रियाभिजुष्ट: स्वधर्मेणाराधयंस्तमेव भगवन्तमाराधनीयमपगतसाध्वस आस्तेऽधुनापि ॥ १८ ॥
tato ’dhastat sutale udara-sravah punya-sloko virocanatmajo balir bhagavata mahendrasya priyam cikirsamanenaditer labdha-kayo bhutva vatu-vamana-rupena paraksipta-loka-trayo bhagavad-anukampayaiva punah pravesita indradisv avidyamanaya susamrddhaya sriyabhijustah sva-dharmenaradhayams tam eva bhagavantam aradhaniyam apagata-sadhvasa aste ’dhunapi.
- tatah adhastat
- beneath the planet known as Vitala
- sutale
- on the planet known as Sutala
- udara-sravah
- very greatly celebrated
- punya-slokah
- very pious and advanced in spiritual consciousness
- virocana-atmajah
- the son of Virocana
- balih
- Bali Maharaja
- bhagavata
- by the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- maha-indrasya
- of the King of heaven, Indra
- priyam
- the welfare
- cikirsamanena
- desiring to perform
- aditeh
- from Aditi
- labdha-kayah
- having obtained His body
- bhutva
- appearing
- vatu
- brahmacari
- vamana-rupena
- in the form of a dwarf
- paraksipta
- wrested away
- loka-trayah
- the three worlds
- bhagavat-anukampaya
- by the causeless mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- eva
- certainly
- punah
- again
- pravesitah
- caused to enter
- indra-adisu
- even among the demigods like the King of heaven
- avidyamanaya
- not existing
- susamrddhaya
- much enriched by such exalted opulence
- sriya
- by good fortune
- abhijustah
- being blessed
- sva-dharmena
- by discharging devotional service
- aradhayan
- worshiping
- tam
- Him
- eva
- certainly
- bhagavantam
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- aradhaniyam
- who is most worshipable
- apagata-sadhvasah
- without fear
- aste
- remains
- adhuna api
- even today
Below the plane Vitala is another plane, known as Sutala, where the great son of Maharaja Virocana, Bali Maharaja, who is celebrated as the most pious king, resides even now. For the welfare of Indra, the King of heaven, Lord Visnu appeared in the form of a dwarf brahmacari as the son of Aditi and tricked Bali Maharaja by begging for only three paces of land but taking all the three worlds. Being very pleased with Bali Maharaja for giving all his possessions, the Lord returned his kingdom and made him richer than the opulent King Indra. Even now, Bali Maharaja engages in devotional service by worshiping the Supreme Personality of Godhead in the plane of Sutala.