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Chapter 21: Bali Mahārāja Arrested by the Lord

Verse 27 of 31
SB 8.21.27

हाहाकारो महानासीद्रोदस्योः सर्वतो दिशम् निगृह्यमाणे ऽसुरपतौ विष्णुना प्रभविष्णुना

hāhākāro mahān āsīd rodasyoḥ sarvato diśam nigṛhyamāṇe 'sura-patau viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā

Synonyms

hāhā-kāraḥa tumultuous roar of lamentation; mahāngreat; āsītthere was; rodasyoḥin both the lower and upper planetary systems; sarvataḥeverywhere; diśamall directions; nigṛhyamāṇebecause of being suppressed; asura-patauwhen Bali Mahārāja, the King of the demons; viṣṇunāby Lord Viṣṇu; prabhaviṣṇunāwho is the most powerful everywhere..

Translation

When Bali Mahārāja was thus arrested by Lord Viṣṇu, who is the most powerful, there was a great roar of lamentation in all directions throughout the upper and lower planetary systems of the universe.

Verse 27 of 31
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