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08
 
SRIMAD BHAGAVATA
 
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● भारत स
 
The spiritual power of the Brahmin
who is content with what is got by chance
increases; that power dies out by non-
contentment, like fire by water.
 
तस्मात्त्रीणि पदान्येव वृणे त्वद्वरदर्षभात् ।
एतावतैव सिद्धोऽहं वित्तं यावत्प्रयोजनम् ॥'
 
"Hence, I ask of you only three feet,
though you are the greatest of the
bounteous; even with this much shall I
have achieved my purpose. Only so much
as is useful is wealth."
 
इत्युक्तस्स हसन्नाह वाञ्छातः प्रतिगृह्यताम् ।
वामनाय महीं दातुं जग्राह जलभाजनम् ॥
 
So told, Bali said with a smile: "Have
it as you please." And he took the water-
vessel to make the gift of land to
Vamana.
 
विष्णवे क्ष्मां प्रदास्यन्तमुशना असुरेश्वरम् ।
जानंश्चिकीर्षित विष्णोः शिष्यं प्राह विदां वरः ॥
 
Knowing what Vishnu desired to do,
Sukra, the most eminent of the wise, told
his pupil, the king of the Asuras, who was
about to make the gift of land to Vishnu :