श्रीबलिरुवाच यद्युत्तमश्लोक भवान् ममेरितं वचो व्यलीकं सुरवर्य मन्यते । करोम्यृतं तन्न भवेत् प्रलम्भनं पदं तृतीयं कुरु शीर्ष्णि मे निजम् ॥ २ ॥
sri-balir uvaca yady uttamasloka bhavan mameritam vaco vyalikam sura-varya manyate karomy rtam tan na bhavet pralambhanam padam trtiyam kuru sirsni me nijam
- sri-balih uvaca
- Bali Maharaja said
- yadi
- if
- uttamasloka
- O Supreme Lord
- bhavan
- Your good self
- mama
- my
- iritam
- promised
- vacah
- words
- vyalikam
- false
- sura-varya
- O greatest of all suras (demigods)
- manyate
- You think so
- karomi
- I shall make it
- rtam
- truth
- tat
- that (promise)
- na
- not
- bhavet
- will become
- pralambhanam
- cheating
- padam
- step
- trtiyam
- the third
- kuru
- just do it
- sirsni
- on the head
- me
- my
- nijam
- Your lotus feet
Bali Maharaja said: O best Personality of Godhead, most worshipable for all the demigods, if You think that my promise has become false, I shall certainly rectify matters to make it truthful. I cannot allow my promise to be false. Please, therefore, place Your third lotus footstep on my head.