पदानि त्रीणि दत्तानि भूमेर्मह्यं त्वयासुर । द्वाभ्यां क्रान्ता मही सर्वा तृतीयमुपकल्पय ॥ २९ ॥
padani trini dattani bhumer mahyam tvayasura dvabhyam kranta mahi sarva trtiyam upakalpaya
- padani
- footsteps
- trini
- three
- dattani
- have been given
- bhumeh
- of land
- mahyam
- unto Me
- tvaya
- by you
- asura
- O King of the demons
- dvabhyam
- by two steps
- kranta
- have been occupied
- mahi
- all the land
- sarva
- completely
- trtiyam
- for the third step
- upakalpaya
- now find the means.
O King of the demons, you have promised to give Me three steps of land, but I have occupied the entire universe with two steps. Now think about where I should put My third.