Srimad Bhagavatam 8.23.3-4

[makarand]

TEXT 3

śrī-śuka uvāca

ity uktvā harim ānatya

brahmāṇaṁ sabhavaṁ tataḥ

viveśa sutalaṁ prīto

balir muktaḥ sahāsuraiḥ

SYNONYMS

śrī-śukaḥ uvāca—Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; iti uktvā—saying this; harim—unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari; ānatya—offering obeisances; brahmāṇam—unto Lord Brahmā; sa-bhavam—with Lord Śiva; tataḥ—thereafter; viveśa—he entered; sutalam—the planet Sutala; prītaḥ—being fully satisfied; baliḥ—Bali Mahārāja; muktaḥ—thus released; saha asuraiḥ—with his asura associates.

TRANSLATION

Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: After speaking in this way, Bali Mahārāja offered his obeisances first to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Hari, and then to Lord Brahmā and Lord Śiva. Thus he was released from the bondage of the nāga-pāśa [the ropes of Varuṇa], and in full satisfaction he entered the planet known as Sutala.

TEXT 4

evam indrāya bhagavān

pratyānīya triviṣṭapam

pūrayitvāditeḥ kāmam

aśāsat sakalaṁ jagat

SYNONYMS

evam—in this way; indrāya—unto King Indra; bhagavān—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; pratyānīya—giving back; tri-viṣṭapam—his supremacy in the heavenly planets; pūrayitvā—fulfilling; aditeḥ—of Aditi; kāmam—the desire; aśāsat—ruled; sakalam—complete; jagat—universe.

TRANSLATION

Thus having delivered the proprietorship of the heavenly planets to Indra and having fulfilled the desire of Aditi, mother of the demigods, the Supreme Personality of Godhead ruled the affairs of the universe.