बाणज्येष्ठं पुत्रशतमशनायां ततोऽभवत् । तस्यानुभावं सुश्लोक्यं पश्चादेवाभिधास्यते ॥ १७ ॥
bana-jyestham putra-satam asanayam tato ’bhavat tasyanubhavam suslokyam pascad evabhidhasyate
- bana-jyestham
- having Bana as the eldest
- putra-satam
- one hundred sons
- asanayam
- through Asana
- tatah
- from him
- abhavat
- there were
- tasya
- his
- anubhavam
- character
- su-slokyam
- laudable
- pascat
- later
- eva
- certainly
- abhidhasyate
- will be described.
Thereafter, Bali Maharaja begot one hundred sons in the womb of Asana. Of these one hundred sons, King Bana was the eldest. The activities of Bali Maharaja, which are very laudable, will be described later (in the Eighth Canto).