योऽसौ भगवता बद्ध: प्रीतेन सुतले पुन: । निवेशितोऽधिके स्वर्गादधुनास्ते स्वराडिव ॥ १४ ॥
yo ’sau bhagavata baddhah pritena sutale punah nivesito ’dhike svargad adhunaste sva-rad iva
- yah
- Bali Maharaja
- asau
- he
- bhagavata
- by the Personality of Godhead
- baddhah
- bound
- pritena
- because of favor
- sutale
- in the kingdom of Sutala
- punah
- again
- nivesitah
- situated
- adhike
- more opulent
- svargat
- than the heavenly planes
- adhuna
- at the present moment
- aste
- is situated
- sva-rat iva
- equal to the position of Indra.
With great affection, the Personality of Godhead bound Bali and then installed him in the kingdom of Sutala, which is more opulent than the heavenly planes. Maharaja Bali now resides on that plane and is more comfortably situated than Indra.