Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 8 Chapter 20 Verses 25-29

Canto 8: Withdrawal of the Cosmic Creations | Chapter 20: Bali Mahārāja Surrenders the Universe

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.20.25-29

hṛdy ańga dharmaḿ stanayor murārer

ṛtaḿ ca satyaḿ ca manasy athendum

śriyaḿ ca vakṣasy aravinda-hastāḿ

kaṇṭhe ca sāmāni samasta-rephān

indra-pradhānān amarān bhujeṣu

tat-karṇayoḥ kakubho dyauś ca mūrdhni

keśeṣu meghāñ chvasanaḿ nāsikāyām

akṣṇoś ca sūryaḿ vadane ca vahnim

vāṇyāḿ ca chandāḿsi rase jaleśaḿ

bhruvor niṣedhaḿ ca vidhiḿ ca pakṣmasu

ahaś ca rātriḿ ca parasya puḿso

manyuḿ lalāṭe 'dhara eva lobham

sparśe ca kāmaḿ nṛpa retasāmbhaḥ

pṛṣṭhe tv adharmaḿ kramaṇeṣu yajñam

chāyāsu mṛtyuḿ hasite ca māyāḿ

tanū-ruheṣv oṣadhi-jātayaś ca

nadīś ca nāḍīṣu śilā nakheṣu

buddhāv ajaḿ deva-gaṇān ṛṣīḿś ca

prāṇeṣu gātre sthira-jańgamāni

sarvāṇi bhūtāni dadarśa vīraḥ

SYNONYMS

hṛdi — within the heart; ańga — my dear King Parīkṣit; dharmam — religion; stanayoḥ — on the bosom; murāreḥ — of Murāri, the Supreme Personality of Godhead; ṛtam — very pleasing words; ca — also; satyam — truthfulness; ca — also; manasi — in the mind; atha — thereafter; indum — the moon; śriyam — the goddess of fortune; ca — also; vakṣasi — on the chest; aravinda-hastām — who always carries a lotus flower in her hand; kaṇṭhe — on the neck; ca — also; sāmāni — all the Vedas (Sāma, Yajur, Ṛg and Atharva); samasta-rephān — all sound vibrations; indra-pradhānān — headed by King Indra; amarān — all the demigods; bhujeṣu — on the arms; tat-karṇayoḥ — on the ears; kakubhaḥ — all the directions; dyauḥ ca — the luminaries; mūrdhni — on the top of the head; keśeṣu — within the hair; meghān — the clouds; śvasanam — breathing air; nāsikāyām — on the nostrils; akṣṇoḥ ca — in the eyes; sūryam — the sun; vadane — in the mouth; ca — also; vahnim — fire; vāṇyām — in His speech; ca — also; chandāḿsi — the Vedic hymns; rase — in the tongue; jala-īśam — the demigod of the water; bhruvoḥ — on the eyebrows; niṣedham — warnings; ca — also; vidhim — regulative principles; ca — also; pakṣmasu — in the eyelids; ahaḥ ca — daytime; rātrim — night; ca — also; parasya — of the supreme; puḿsaḥ — of the person; manyum — anger; lalāṭe — on the forehead; adhare — on the lips; eva — indeed; lobham — greed; sparśe — in His touch; ca — also; kāmam — lusty desires; nṛpa — O King; retasā — by semen; ambhaḥ — water; pṛṣṭhe — on the back; tu — but; adharmam — irreligion; kramaṇeṣu — in the wonderful activities; yajñam — fire sacrifice; chāyāsu — in the shadows; mṛtyum — death; hasite — in His smiling; ca — also; māyām — the illusory energy; tanū-ruheṣu — in the hair on the body; oṣadhi-jātayaḥ — all species of drugs, herbs and plants; ca — and; nadīḥ — the rivers; ca — also; nāḍīṣu — in the veins; śilāḥ — stones; nakheṣu — in the nails; buddhau — in the intelligence; ajam — Lord Brahmā; deva-gaṇān — the demigods; ṛṣīn ca — and the great sages; prāṇeṣu — in the senses; gātre — in the body; sthira-jańgamāni — moving and stationary; sarvāṇi — all of them; bhūtāni — living entities; dadarśa — saw; vīraḥ — Bali Mahārāja.

TRANSLATION

My dear King, on the heart of Lord Murāri he saw religion; on the chest, both pleasing words and truthfulness; in the mind, the moon; on the bosom, the goddess of fortune, with a lotus flower in her hand; on the neck, all the Vedas and all sound vibrations; on the arms, all the demigods, headed by King Indra; in both ears, all the directions; on the head, the upper planetary systems; on the hair, the clouds; in the nostrils, the wind; on the eyes, the sun; and in the mouth, fire. From His words came all the Vedic mantras, on His tongue was the demigod of water, Varuṇadeva, on His eyebrows were the regulative principles, and on His eyelids were day and night. [When His eyes were open it was daytime, and when they were closed it was night.] On His forehead was anger, and on His lips was greed. O King, in His touch were lusty desires, in His semen were all the waters, on His back was irreligion, and in His wonderful activities or steps was the fire of sacrifice. On His shadow was death, in His smile was the illusory energy, and on the hairs of His body were all the drugs and herbs. In His veins were all the rivers, on His nails were all the stones, in His intelligence were Lord Brahmā, the demigods and the great saintly persons, and throughout His entire body and senses were all living entities, moving and stationary. Bali Mahārāja thus saw everything in the gigantic body of the Lord.

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