Fourteen Worlds
FOURTEEN WORLDSVedic Cosmology

SB 8.23.5

Devanāgarī

लब्धप्रसादं निर्मुक्तं पौत्रं वंशधरं बलिम् । निशाम्य भक्तिप्रवण: प्रह्लाद इदमब्रवीत् ॥ ५ ॥

Text

labdha-prasādaṁ nirmuktaṁ pautraṁ vaṁśa-dharaṁ balim niśāmya bhakti-pravaṇaḥ prahrāda idam abravīt

Synonyms

labdha-prasādam—who had achieved the blessings of the Lord;nirmuktam—who was released from bondage;pautram—his grandson;vaṁśa-dharam—the descendant;balim—Bali Mahārāja;niśāmya—after overhearing;bhakti-pravaṇaḥ—in fully ecstatic devotion;prahrādaḥ—Prahlāda Mahārāja;idam—this;abravīt—spoke.

Translation

When Prahlāda Mahārāja heard how Bali Mahārāja, his grandson and descendant, had been released from bondage and had achieved the benediction of the Lord, he spoke as follows in a tone of greatly ecstatic devotion.

← SB 8.23.4Chapter 23SB 8.23.6