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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 8.21.27

हाहाकारो महानासीद् रोदस्यो: सर्वतोदिशम् । निगृह्यमाणेऽसुरपतौ विष्णुना प्रभविष्णुना ॥ २७ ॥
hāhākāro mahān āsīd
[haahaakaaro mahaan aaseed]
rodasyoḥ sarvato diśam
[rodasyoh sarvato disham]
nigṛhyamāṇe ’sura-patau
[nigrihyamaane ’sura-patau]
viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā
[vishnunaa prabhavishnunaa]
Word-for-word
hāhā-kāraḥ — a tumultuous roar of lamentation mahān — great āsīt — there was rodasyoḥ — in both the lower and upper planetary systems sarvataḥ — everywhere diśam — all directions nigṛhyamāṇe — because of being suppressed asura-patau — when Bali Mahārāja, the King of the demons viṣṇunā — by Lord Viṣṇu prabhaviṣṇunā — who is the most powerful everywhere.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
hāhākāro mahān āsīd
hāhā-kāraḥ
a tumultuous roar of lamentation
mahān
great
āsīt
there was
rodasyoḥ sarvato diśam
rodasyoḥ
in both the lower and upper planetary systems
sarvataḥ
everywhere
diśam
all directions
nigṛhyamāṇe ’sura-patau
nigṛhyamāṇe
because of being suppressed
asura-patau
when Bali Mahārāja, the King of the demons
viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā
viṣṇunā
by Lord Viṣṇu
prabhaviṣṇunā
who is the most powerful everywhere.
When Bali Mahārāja was thus arrested by Lord Viṣṇu, who is the most powerful, there was a great roar of lamentation in all directions throughout the upper and lower planetary systems of the universe.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
When Bali Mahārāja was thus arrested by Viṣṇu, who is the most powerful, there was a great roar of lamentation in all directions throughout the upper and lower planetary systems of the universe. Rodasyoḥ means “in heaven and on earth.”
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Personal Guidance
When Bali was arrested by Viṣṇu, a roar of lamentation rose throughout upper and lower planetary systems. The arrest of a great devotee makes the whole cosmos cry. Even-handed grief acknowledges the rare quality of the bound one.
Reflection Questions
  • Whose binding by the Lord have I failed to grieve because I assumed it was deserved?
  • Where would the cosmos itself lament for me if I were arrested — what does that imply about how I should walk?
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