अथ तार्क्ष्यसुतो ज्ञात्वा विराट्प्रभुचिकीर्षितम् । बबन्ध वारुणै: पाशैर्बलिं सूत्येऽहनि क्रतौ ॥ २६ ॥
atha tarksya-suto jnatva virat prabhu-cikirsitam babandha varunaih pasair balim sutye ’hani kratau
- atha
- thereafter
- tarksya-sutah
- Garuda
- jnatva
- knowing
- virat
- the king of birds
- prabhu-cikirsitam
- the desire of Lord Visnu as Vamanadeva
- babandha
- arrested
- varunaih
- belonging to Varuna
- pasaih
- by the ropes
- balim
- Bali
- sutye
- when soma-rasa is taken
- ahani
- on the day
- kratau
- at the time of sacrifice.
Thereafter, on the day of soma-pana, after the sacrifice was finished, Garuda, king of the birds, understanding the desire of his master, arrested Bali Maharaja with the ropes of Varuna.