दत्त्वेमां याचमानाय विष्णवे य: पदत्रयम् । राद्धमिन्द्रपदं हित्वा तत: सिद्धिमवाप्स्यति ॥ १३ ॥
dattvemam yacamanaya visnave yah pada-trayam raddham indra-padam hitva tatah siddhim avapsyati
- dattva
- giving in charity
- imam
- this entire universe
- yacamanaya
- who was begging from him
- visnave
- unto Lord Visnu
- yah
- Bali Maharaja
- pada-trayam
- three paces of land
- raddham
- achieved
- indra-padam
- the post of Indra
- hitva
- giving up
- tatah
- thereafter
- siddhim
- perfection
- avapsyati
- will achieve.
Bali Maharaja gave a gift of three paces of land to Lord Visnu, and because of this charity he lost all the three worlds. Later, however, when Lord Visnu is pleased because of Bali’s giving everything to Him, Bali Maharaja will achieve the perfection of life.