श्रीब्रह्मोवाच भूतभावन भूतेश देवदेव जगन्मय । मुञ्चैनं हृतसर्वस्वं नायमर्हति निग्रहम् ॥ २१ ॥
sri-brahmovaca bhuta-bhavana bhutesa deva-deva jaganmaya muncainam hrta-sarvasvam nayam arhati nigraham
- sri-brahma uvaca
- Lord Brahma said
- bhuta-bhavana
- O Supreme Being, well-wisher of everyone, who can cause one to flourish
- bhuta-isa
- O master of everyone
- deva-deva
- O worshipable Deity of the demigods
- jagat-maya
- O all-pervading one
- munca
- please release
- enam
- this poor Bali Maharaja
- hrta-sarvasvam
- now bereft of everything
- na
- not
- ayam
- such a poor man
- arhati
- deserves
- nigraham
- punishment.
Lord Brahma said: O well-wisher and master of all living entities, O worshipable Deity of all the demigods, O all-pervading Personality of Godhead, now this man has been sufficiently punished, for You have taken everything. Now You can release him. He does not deserve to be punished more.