श्रीबलिरुवाच अहो प्रणामाय कृत: समुद्यम: प्रपन्नभक्तार्थविधौ समाहित: । यल्लोकपालैस्त्वदनुग्रहोऽमरै- रलब्धपूर्वोऽपसदेऽसुरेऽर्पित: ॥ २ ॥
sri-balir uvaca aho pranamaya krtah samudyamah prapanna-bhaktartha-vidhau samahitah yal loka-palais tvad-anugraho ’marair alabdha-purvo ’pasade ’sure ’rpitah
- sri-balih uvaca
- Bali Maharaja said
- aho
- alas
- pranamaya
- to offer my respectful obeisances
- krtah
- I did
- samudyamah
- only an endeavor
- prapanna-bhakta-artha-vidhau
- in the regulative principles observed by pure devotees
- samahitah
- is capable
- yat
- that
- loka-palaih
- by the leaders of various planets
- tvat-anugrahah
- Your causeless mercy
- amaraih
- by the demigods
- alabdha-purvah
- not achieved previously
- apasade
- unto a fallen person like me
- asure
- belonging to the asura community
- arpitah
- endowed
Bali Maharaja said: What a wonderful effect there is in even attempting to offer respectful obeisances to You! I merely endeavored to offer You obeisances, but nonetheless the attempt was as successful as those of pure devotees. The causeless mercy You have shown to me, a fallen demon, was never achieved even by the demigods or the leaders of the various planes.