Srimad Bhagavatam 8.23.19-21

[makarand]

TEXT 19

evaṁ baler mahīṁ rājan

bhikṣitvā vāmano hariḥ

dadau bhrātre mahendrāya

tridivaṁ yat parair hṛtam

SYNONYMS

evam—thus; baleḥ—from Bali Mahārāja; mahīm—the land; rājan—O King Parīkṣit; bhikṣitvā—after begging; vāmanaḥ—His Lordship Vāmana; hariḥ—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; dadau—delivered; bhrātre—unto His brother; mahā-indrāya—Indra, the King of heaven; tridivam—the planetary system of the demigods; yat—which; paraiḥ—by others; hṛtam—was taken.

TRANSLATION

O King Parīkṣit, thus having taken all the land of Bali Mahārāja by begging, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Vāmanadeva, delivered to His brother Indra all the land taken away by Indra’s enemy.

TEXTS 20–21

prajāpati-patir brahmā

devarṣi-pitṛ-bhūmipaiḥ

dakṣa-bhṛgv-aṅgiro-mukhyaiḥ

kumāreṇa bhavena ca

kaśyapasyāditeḥ prītyai

sarva-bhūta-bhavāya ca

lokānāṁ loka-pālānām

akarod vāmanaṁ patim

SYNONYMS

prajāpati-patiḥ—the master of all Prajāpatis; brahmā—Lord Brahmā; deva—with the demigods; ṛṣi—with the great saintly persons; pitṛ—with the inhabitants of Pitṛloka; bhūmipaiḥ—with the Manus; dakṣa—with Dakṣa; bhṛgu—with Bhṛgu Muni; aṅgiraḥ—with Aṅgirā Muni; mukhyaiḥ—with all the chiefs of the various planetary systems; kumāreṇa—with Kārttikeya; bhavena—with Lord Śiva; ca—also; kaśyapasya—of Kaśyapa Muni; aditeḥ—of Aditi; prītyai—f or the pleasure; sarva-bhūta-bhavāya—for the auspiciousness of all living entities; ca—also; lokānām—of all planetary systems; loka-pālānām—of the predominating persons in all planets; akarot—made; vāmanam—Lord Vāmana; patim—the supreme leader.

TRANSLATION

Lord Brahmā [the master of King Dakṣa and all other Prajāpatis], accompanied by all the demigods, the great saintly persons, the inhabitants of Pitṛloka, the Manus, the munis, and such leaders as Dakṣa, Bhṛgu and Aṅgirā, as well as Kārttikeya and Lord Śiva, accepted Lord Vāmanadeva as the protector of everyone. He did this for the pleasure of Kaśyapa Muni and his wife Aditi and for the welfare of all the inhabitants of the universe, including their various leaders.