श्रीप्रह्लाद उवाच त्वयैव दत्तं पदमैन्द्रमूर्जितं हृतं तदेवाद्य तथैव शोभनम् । मन्ये महानस्य कृतो ह्यनुग्रहो विभ्रंशितो यच्छ्रिय आत्ममोहनात् ॥ १६ ॥
sri-prahrada uvaca tvayaiva dattam padam aindram urjitam hrtam tad evadya tathaiva sobhanam manye mahan asya krto hy anugraho vibhramsito yac chriya atma-mohanat
- sri-prahradah uvaca
- Prahlada Maharaja said
- tvaya
- by Your Lordship
- eva
- indeed
- dattam
- which had been given
- padam
- this position
- aindram
- of the King of heaven
- urjitam
- very, very great
- hrtam
- has been taken away
- tat
- that
- eva
- indeed
- adya
- today
- tatha
- as
- eva
- indeed
- sobhanam
- beautiful
- manye
- I consider
- mahan
- very great
- asya
- of him (Bali Maharaja)
- krtah
- has been done by You
- hi
- indeed
- anugrahah
- mercy
- vibhramsitah
- being bereft of
- yat
- because
- sriyah
- from that opulence
- atma-mohanat
- which was covering the process of self-realization
Prahlada Maharaja said: My Lord, it is Your Lordship who gave this Bali the very great opulence of the post of heavenly king, and now, today, it is You who have taken it all away. I think You have acted with equal beauty in both ways. Because his exalted position as King of heaven was putting him in the darkness of ignorance, You have done him a very merciful favor by taking away all his opulence.