तस्मै बलिर्वारुणपाशयन्त्रित: समर्हणं नोपजहार पूर्ववत् । ननाम मूर्ध्नाश्रुविलोललोचन: सव्रीडनीचीनमुखो बभूव ह ॥ १४ ॥
tasmai balir varuna-pasa-yantritah samarhanam nopajahara purvavat nanama murdhnasru-vilola-locanah sa-vrida-nicina-mukho babhuva ha
- tasmai
- unto Prahlada Maharaja
- balih
- Bali Maharaja
- varuna-pasa-yantritah
- being bound by the ropes of Varuna
- samarhanam
- befitting respect
- na
- not
- upajahara
- offered
- purva-vat
- like before
- nanama
- he offered obeisances
- murdhna
- with the head
- asru-vilola-locanah
- eyes inundated with tears
- sa-vrida
- with shyness
- nicina
- downward
- mukhah
- face
- babhuva ha
- he so became.
Being bound by the ropes of Varuna, Bali Maharaja could not offer befitting respect to Prahlada Maharaja as he had before. Rather, he simply offered respectful obeisances with his head, his eyes being inundated with tears and his face lowered in shame.