Bhagavata Condensed in the Poetʼs Own Words /234

OF CUThe LTURE
 
GOVERNMENT OF
 
संस्कृति मंत्रालय
 
WIVAMANA AND TRIVIKRAMA AVATARAS
 
SL
 
The Lord bestrode the (whole of) Bali's

earth with one foot and (pervaded) the

skies with his body, and the quarters with

His arms; and for Him who bestrode the

heaven with the second foot, there was

not even an atom belonging to Bali for

His third.
 
है
 

 
श्रीभगवान् -
 

'पदानि श्त्रीणि दत्तानि भूमेर्मचंह्यं त्वयाऽसुर ।

द्वाभ्यां क्रान्ता मही सर्वा तृतीयमुपकल्पय ॥
 

विप्रलब्धो ददामीति त्वयाऽहं चाढ्यमानिना ।

तद्वव्यलीकफलं भुङ्क्ष्व निरयं कतिचित्समाः ॥'
 

The Lord :
 

"Demon, three feet of ground were

gifted by you to me; with two feet, I have
 

covered the entire universe. Find me the

space for the third foot. Promising to

give, you who imagined yourself wealthy,

have deceived Me. Therefore, enjoy for a

few years the fruit of this fraud,-hell."