Because the Lord, finding no other means, used the trick of begging to take away the three worlds from Bali, leaving only his body as his possession, bound him with Varuṇa’s ropes, and locked him in a mountain cave, Bali spoke as follows. The pure bhakti of Bali and receiving the Lord’s mercy are made clear by Bali’s own statement. Because (yat) the Lord used a trick and locked Bali in the cave, Bali spoke as follows. Because the Lord, on the pretext of begging, since he found no other means, stole the three worlds from him leaving him only his body, and bound him up (sampratimuktaḥ) and threw him a cave, he said this. Amara-koṣa says āmuktaḥ, pratimukta, pinnadha and āpinaddha mean “bound up.”