The Dwarf: Vishnu Takes the Three Worlds from Bali

Verse 1 (2.47.1)

पुरा त्रेतायुगे राजन्बलिर्वैरोचनोऽभवत् । दैत्यानां पार्थिवो वीरो बलेनाप्रतिमो बली ॥

purā tretāyuge rājanbalirvairocano'bhavat | daityānāṃ pārthivo vīro balenāpratimo balī

Long ago, in the Treta age, O king, there was Bali, son of Virochana, king of the Daityas: a hero, mighty, unequalled in strength.

Note on the text: Corrected बलिर्वैरोजनोऽभवत् → बलिर्वैरोचनोऽभवत् (misprint in Wikisource; Bali is the son of Virochana; the CE appendix reads vairocano). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 311–312.

Verse 2 (2.47.2)

तदा बलिर्महाराज दैत्यसङ्घैः समावृतः । विजेतुं तरसा शक्रमिन्द्रस्थानमवाप सः ॥

tadā balirmahārāja daityasaṅghaiḥ samāvṛtaḥ | vijetuṃ tarasā śakramindrasthānamavāpa saḥ

Then, great king, Bali, surrounded by hosts of Daityas, set out to conquer Shakra by force and won Indra's seat.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 313–314.

Verse 3 (2.47.3)

तेन वित्रासिता देवा बलिनाऽऽखण्डलादयः । ब्रह्माणं तु पुरस्कृत्य गत्वा क्षीरोदधिं तदा ॥

tena vitrāsitā devā balinā''khaṇḍalādayaḥ | brahmāṇaṃ tu puraskṛtya gatvā kṣīrodadhiṃ tadā

Terrified by Bali, the gods, Indra and the rest, placed Brahma at their head and went to the Ocean of Milk.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 315–316.

Verse 4 (2.47.4)

तुष्टुवुः सहिताः सर्वे देवं नारायणं प्रभुम् । स तेषां दर्शनं चक्रे विबुधानां हरिस्तदा ॥

tuṣṭuvuḥ sahitāḥ sarve devaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ prabhum | sa teṣāṃ darśanaṃ cakre vibudhānāṃ haristadā

There they all praised together the god Narayana, the Lord, and Hari then showed himself to the gods.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 317–318.

Verse 5 (2.47.5)

प्रसादजं तस्य विभोरदित्यां जन्म उच्यते । अदितेरपि पुत्रत्वमेत्य यादवनन्दनः ॥

prasādajaṃ tasya vibhoradityāṃ janma ucyate | aditerapi putratvametya yādavanandanaḥ

From that grace of the all-pervading Lord came, it is said, his birth from Aditi. The delight of the Yadavas became Aditi's son,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 319–320.

Verse 6 (2.47.6)

एष विष्णुरिति ख्यात इन्द्रस्यावरजोऽभवत् । तस्मिन्नेव च काले तु दैत्येन्द्रो बलवीर्यवान् ॥

eṣa viṣṇuriti khyāta indrasyāvarajo'bhavat | tasminneva ca kāle tu daityendro balavīryavān

and, known as Vishnu, was born as Indra's younger brother. At that very time the lord of the Daityas, strong and valorous,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 321–322.

Verse 7 (2.47.7)

अश्वमेधं क्रतुश्रेष्ठमाहर्तुमुपचक्रमे । वर्तमाने तदा यज्ञे दैत्येन्द्रस्य युधिष्ठिर ॥

aśvamedhaṃ kratuśreṣṭhamāhartumupacakrame | vartamāne tadā yajñe daityendrasya yudhiṣṭhira

began to perform the horse sacrifice, the best of rites. While the Daitya king's sacrifice was going on, O Yudhishthira,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 323–324.

Verse 8 (2.47.8)

स विष्णुर्मानवो भूत्वा प्रच्छन्नो ब्रह्मसंवृतः । मुण्डो यज्ञोपवीती च कृष्णाजिनधरः शिखी ॥

sa viṣṇurmānavo bhūtvā pracchanno brahmasaṃvṛtaḥ | muṇḍo yajñopavītī ca kṛṣṇājinadharaḥ śikhī

Vishnu became a man, hidden in the guise of a brahmin: shaven-headed, wearing the sacred thread and a black antelope skin, with a tuft of hair on his crown,

Note on the text: Corrected यत्रोपवीती → यज्ञोपवीती (misprint in Wikisource; yatropavītī is not a word; the CE appendix reads yajñopavītī, "wearing the sacred thread"). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 325–326.

Verse 9 (2.47.9)

पालाशदण्डं सङ्गृह्य वामनोऽद्भुतदर्शनः । प्रविश्य स बलेर्यज्ञे वर्तमाने च दक्षिणाम् ॥

pālāśadaṇḍaṃ saṅgṛhya vāmano'dbhutadarśanaḥ | praviśya sa baleryajñe vartamāne ca dakṣiṇām

Holding a staff of palasha wood, a dwarf wondrous to behold, he entered Bali's sacrifice while it was in progress, and for a gift

Note on the text: Corrected विश्य स → प्रविश्य स (misprint in Wikisource; the first akshara प्र was displaced into the verse-number column of the raw page ("2-47-9bप्र"); the CE appendix reads praviśya). Corrected वर्तमानो च → वर्तमाने च (misprint in Wikisource; the locative agrees with यज्ञे; the CE appendix reads vartamāne). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 327–328.

Verse 10 (2.47.10)

देहीत्युवाच दैत्येन्द्रं विक्रमांस्त्रीनिहैव ह । दीयतां त्रिपदीमात्रमित्ययाचन्महासुरम् ॥

dehītyuvāca daityendraṃ vikramāṃstrīnihaiva ha | dīyatāṃ tripadīmātramityayācanmahāsuram

he said to the Daitya king, "Give me three strides right here." "Let just three paces of ground be given," he begged the great Asura.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 329–330.

Verse 11 (2.47.11)

स तथेति प्रतिश्रुत्य प्रददौ विष्णवे तदा । तेन लब्ध्वा हरिर्भूमिं जृम्भयामास वै भृशम् ॥

sa tatheti pratiśrutya pradadau viṣṇave tadā | tena labdhvā harirbhūmiṃ jṛmbhayāmāsa vai bhṛśam

Bali promised, "So be it," and gave it to Vishnu then. Having received the ground from him, Hari began to grow, swelling mightily.

Note on the text: Corrected हिरर्भूमिं → हरिर्भूमिं (misprint in Wikisource; Hari's name; the CE appendix reads harir). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 331–332.

Verse 12 (2.47.12)

स शिशुः सदिवं खं च पृथिवीं च विशाम्पते । त्रिभिर्विक्रमणैश्चैव सर्वमाक्रमताभिभूः ॥

sa śiśuḥ sadivaṃ khaṃ ca pṛthivīṃ ca viśāmpate | tribhirvikramaṇaiścaiva sarvamākramatābhibhūḥ

That child, O lord of the people, with three strides overpowered everything: heaven, the sky and the earth.

Note on the text: Corrected पृथिवीं वच → पृथिवीं च (misprint in Wikisource; वच is a stray syllable; the CE appendix reads pṛthivīṃ ca). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 333–334.

Verse 13 (2.47.13)

बलेर्बलवतो यज्ञे बलिना विष्णुना पुरा । विक्रमैस्त्रिभिरक्षोभ्याः क्षोभितास्ते महासुराः ॥

balerbalavato yajñe balinā viṣṇunā purā | vikramaistribhirakṣobhyāḥ kṣobhitāste mahāsurāḥ

At the sacrifice of mighty Bali long ago, the great Asuras, whom none could shake, were shaken by the three strides of mighty Vishnu.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 335–336.

Verse 14 (2.47.14)

विप्रचित्तिमुखाः क्रुद्धाः सर्वसङ्घा महासुराः । नानावक्त्रा महाकाया नानावेषधरा नृप ॥

vipracittimukhāḥ kruddhāḥ sarvasaṅghā mahāsurāḥ | nānāvaktrā mahākāyā nānāveṣadharā nṛpa

Enraged, all the hosts of great Asuras led by Viprachitti, of many faces, huge of body, in many guises, O king,

Note on the text: Corrected नानावक्रा → नानावक्त्रा (misprint in Wikisource; dropped त् in the conjunct; "of many faces", as in the CE appendix nānāvaktrā). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 337–338.

Verse 15 (2.47.15)

नानाप्रहरणा रौद्रा नानामाल्यानुलेपनाः । स्वान्यायुधानि सङ्गृह्य प्रदीप्ता इव तेजसा ॥

nānāpraharaṇā raudrā nānāmālyānulepanāḥ | svānyāyudhāni saṅgṛhya pradīptā iva tejasā

bearing many kinds of weapons, fierce, decked with many garlands and unguents, took up their weapons, blazing as though with fire,

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 339–340.

Verse 16 (2.47.16)

क्रममाणं हरिं तत्र उपावर्तन्त भारत । प्रमथ्य सर्वान्दैतेयान्पादहस्ततलैस्तु तान् ॥

kramamāṇaṃ hariṃ tatra upāvartanta bhārata | pramathya sarvāndaiteyānpādahastatalaistu tān

and closed in on Hari there as he strode, O Bharata. Crushing all those sons of Diti with the soles of his feet and the palms of his hands,

Note on the text: Corrected हरि तत्र → हरिं तत्र (misprint in Wikisource; the object of क्रममाणं needs the accusative; the CE appendix reads hariṃ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 341–342.

Verse 17 (2.47.17)

रूपं कृत्वा महाभीमं जहाराशु स मेदिनीम् । सम्प्राप्य दिवमाकाशमादित्यसदने स्थितः ॥

rūpaṃ kṛtvā mahābhīmaṃ jahārāśu sa medinīm | samprāpya divamākāśamādityasadane sthitaḥ

he took on a most terrible form and swiftly seized the earth. Reaching heaven and the sky, he stood in the abode of the sun.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 343–344.

Verse 18 (2.47.18)

अत्यरोचत भूतात्मा आदित्यस्यैव तेजसा । प्रकाशयन्दिशः सर्वाः प्रदिशश्च महायशाः ॥

atyarocata bhūtātmā ādityasyaiva tejasā | prakāśayandiśaḥ sarvāḥ pradiśaśca mahāyaśāḥ

The Self of all beings shone with a splendour like the sun's own, the glorious one lighting up all the quarters and the spaces between them.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 345–346.

Verse 19 (2.47.19)

शुशुभे स महाबाहुः सर्वलोकान्प्रकाशयन् । तस्य विक्रमतो भूमिं चन्द्रादित्यौ स्तनान्तरे ॥

śuśubhe sa mahābāhuḥ sarvalokānprakāśayan | tasya vikramato bhūmiṃ candrādityau stanāntare

The mighty-armed one shone, illuminating all the worlds. As he strode across the earth, the moon and the sun were at his breast;

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 347–348.

Verse 20 (2.47.20)

नभस्तु क्रममाणस्य नाभ्यां किल तदा स्थितौ । परमाक्रममाणस्य जानुभ्यां तौ व्यवस्थितौ ॥

nabhastu kramamāṇasya nābhyāṃ kila tadā sthitau | paramākramamāṇasya jānubhyāṃ tau vyavasthitau

as he strode across the sky, they stood, it is said, at his navel; and as he strode on beyond, the two were at his knees.

Note on the text: Corrected नानुभ्यां → जानुभ्यां (misprint in Wikisource; "at the knees"; the CE appendix reads jānubhyāṃ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 349–350.

Verse 21 (2.47.21)

विष्णोरमितवीर्यस्य वदन्त्येवं द्विजातयः । अथास्य पादाक्रमणात्पफालाण्डो युधिष्ठिर ॥

viṣṇoramitavīryasya vadantyevaṃ dvijātayaḥ | athāsya pādākramaṇātpaphālāṇḍo yudhiṣṭhira

So the twice-born speak of Vishnu of boundless might. Then, under the pressure of his foot, the cosmic egg split open, O Yudhishthira.

Note on the text: Corrected पफालाण्डो युधिष्ठिरः → पफालाण्डो युधिष्ठिर (misprint in Wikisource; the address to Yudhishthira needs the vocative; the CE appendix reads yudhiṣṭhira). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 351–352.

Verse 22 (2.47.22)

तच्छिद्रात्स्यन्दिनी तस्य पादभ्रष्टा तु निम्नगा । ससार सागरं सा तु पावनी सागरंगमा ॥

tacchidrātsyandinī tasya pādabhraṣṭā tu nimnagā | sasāra sāgaraṃ sā tu pāvanī sāgaraṃgamā

From that opening a river streamed out, falling from his foot; that purifying river, bound for the sea, flowed down to the ocean.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 353–354.

Verse 23 (2.47.23)

जहार मेदिनीं सर्वां हत्वा दानवपुङ्गवान् । आसुरीं श्रियमाहृत्य त्रील्लोकान्स जनार्दनः ॥

jahāra medinīṃ sarvāṃ hatvā dānavapuṅgavān | āsurīṃ śriyamāhṛtya trīllokānsa janārdanaḥ

Janardana took the whole earth, slew the foremost of the Danavas, and carried off the fortune of the Asuras and the three worlds.

Note on the text: Corrected आसुरी → आसुरीं (misprint in Wikisource; accusative agreeing with श्रियम्; the CE appendix reads āsurīṃ). Corrected त्रील्लोकान्स जनार्दन → त्रील्लोकान्स जनार्दनः (misprint in Wikisource; the subject needs the nominative; the CE appendix reads janārdanaḥ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 355–356.

Verse 24 (2.47.24)

सपुत्रदारानसुरान्पाताले संन्यवेशयत् । नमुचिः शम्बरश्चैव प्रह्लादश्च महामनाः । पादपाताभिनिर्धूताः पाताले विनिपातिताः ॥

saputradārānasurānpātāle saṃnyaveśayat | namuciḥ śambaraścaiva prahlādaśca mahāmanāḥ | pādapātābhinirdhūtāḥ pātāle vinipātitāḥ

He settled the Asuras, with their sons and wives, in Patala. Namuchi, Shambara and great-minded Prahlada, battered by the blows of his feet, were cast down into Patala.

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (Appendix I.21, line 359): Wikisource ends the verse with the names Namuchi, Shambara and Prahlada and no verb, having lost the line that completes the sentence. Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 357–359.

Verse 25 (2.47.25)

महाभूतानि भूतात्मा सविशेषाणि वै हरिः । कालं च सकलं राजन्गात्रभूतान्यदर्शयत् ॥

mahābhūtāni bhūtātmā saviśeṣāṇi vai hariḥ | kālaṃ ca sakalaṃ rājangātrabhūtānyadarśayat

Hari, the Self of beings, revealed the great elements with all their particular forms, and the whole of Time, O king, as the limbs of his own body.

Note on the text: Corrected सविशेषानि → सविशेषाणि (misprint in Wikisource; the retroflex ण is required after ष; the CE appendix reads saviśeṣāṇi). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 360–361.

Verse 26 (2.47.26)

तस्य गात्रे जगत्सर्वमानीतमधिपश्यति । न किञ्चिदस्ति लोकेषु यदनाप्तं महात्मना ॥

tasya gātre jagatsarvamānītamadhipaśyati | na kiñcidasti lokeṣu yadanāptaṃ mahātmanā

One beheld the whole world gathered into his body; there is nothing in the worlds that the great-souled one has not attained.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 362–363.

Verse 27 (2.47.27)

तद्धि रूपमुपेन्द्रस्य देवदानवमानवाः । दृष्ट्वा संमुमुहुः सर्वे विष्णुतेजोऽभिपीडिताः ॥

taddhi rūpamupendrasya devadānavamānavāḥ | dṛṣṭvā saṃmumuhuḥ sarve viṣṇutejo'bhipīḍitāḥ

Seeing that form of Upendra, gods, Danavas and men were all bewildered, overwhelmed by Vishnu's splendour.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 364–365.

Verse 28 (2.47.28)

बलिर्बद्धोऽभिमानी च यज्ञवाटे महात्मना । विरोचनकुलं सर्वं पाताले विनिवेशितम् ॥

balirbaddho'bhimānī ca yajñavāṭe mahātmanā | virocanakulaṃ sarvaṃ pātāle viniveśitam

Proud Bali was bound by the great-souled one in the sacrificial enclosure, and the whole race of Virochana was settled in Patala.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 366–367.

Verse 29 (2.47.29)

एवंविधानि कर्माणि कृत्वा गरुडवाहनः । न विस्मयमुपागच्छत्पारमेष्ठ्येन तेजसा ॥

evaṃvidhāni karmāṇi kṛtvā garuḍavāhanaḥ | na vismayamupāgacchatpārameṣṭhyena tejasā

Having done such deeds, he whose mount is Garuda was not lifted up by pride, so great is the splendour of his supreme lordship.

Note on the text: Corrected गरुडावाहनः → गरुडवाहनः (misprint in Wikisource; the epithet is garuḍa-vāhana, "whose mount is Garuda"; the CE appendix reads garuḍavāhanaḥ). Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 368–369.

Verse 30 (2.47.30)

स सर्वमसुरैश्वर्यं सम्प्रदाय शचीपतेः । त्रैलोक्यं च ददौ शक्रे विष्णुर्दानवसूदनः ॥

sa sarvamasuraiśvaryaṃ sampradāya śacīpateḥ | trailokyaṃ ca dadau śakre viṣṇurdānavasūdanaḥ

Vishnu, slayer of the Danavas, handed over all the lordship of the Asuras to Shachi's husband and gave the three worlds to Shakra.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 370–371.

Verse 31 (2.47.31)

एष ते वामनो नाम प्रादुर्भावो महात्मनः । वेदविद्भिर्द्विजैरेतच्छ्रूयते वैष्णवं यशः । मानुषेषु ततो विष्णोः प्रादुर्भावांस्तथा शृणु ॥

eṣa te vāmano nāma prādurbhāvo mahātmanaḥ | vedavidbhirdvijairetacchrūyate vaiṣṇavaṃ yaśaḥ | mānuṣeṣu tato viṣṇoḥ prādurbhāvāṃstathā śṛṇu

This is the manifestation of the great-souled one called the Dwarf; this glory of Vishnu is heard from brahmins learned in the Veda. Now hear likewise of Vishnu's manifestations among men.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in Appendix I.21 (after 2.35.29), lines 372–374.