तं बद्धं वारुणै: पाशैर्भगवानाह वामन: । नष्टश्रियं स्थिरप्रज्ञमुदारयशसं नृप ॥ २८ ॥
tam baddham varunaih pasair bhagavan aha vamanah nasta-sriyam sthira-prajnam udara-yasasam nrpa
- tam
- unto him
- baddham
- who was so arrested
- varunaih pasaih
- by the ropes of Varuna
- bhagavan
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- aha
- said
- vamanah
- Vamanadeva
- nasta-sriyam
- unto Bali Maharaja, who had lost his bodily luster
- sthira-prajnam
- but was all the same determined in his decision
- udara-yasasam
- the most magnanimous and celebrated
- nrpa
- O King.
O King, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vamanadeva, then spoke to Bali Maharaja, the most liberal and celebrated personality whom He had arrested with the ropes of Varuna. Bali Maharaja had lost all bodily luster, but he was nonetheless fixed in his determination.