SB 8.19.29

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Eighth Canto - Chapter 19: Lord Vāmanadeva Begs Charity from Bali Mahārāja

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 29

viṣṇave kṣmāṁ pradāsyantam

uśanā asureśvaram

jānaṁś cikīrṣitaṁ viṣṇoḥ

śiṣyaṁ prāha vidāṁ varaḥ

SYNONYMS

viṣṇave—unto Lord Viṣṇu (Vāmanadeva); kṣmām—the land; pradāsyantam—who was ready to deliver; uśanāḥ—Śukrācārya; asura-īśvaram—unto the King of the demons (Bali Mahārāja); jānan—knowing well; cikīrṣitam—what was the plan; viṣṇoḥ—of Lord Viṣṇu; śiṣyam—unto his disciple; prāha—said; vidām varaḥ—the best of the knowers of everything.

TRANSLATION

Understanding Lord Viṣṇu's purpose, Śukrācārya, the best of the learned, immediately spoke as follows to his disciple, who was about to offer everything to Lord Vāmanadeva.

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