Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 8 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1-2
Sanskrit:
श्रीराजोवाचबले: पदत्रयं भूमे: कस्माद्धरिरयाचत ।भूतेश्वर: कृपणवल्लब्धार्थोऽपि बबन्ध तम् ॥ १ ॥एतद् वेदितुमिच्छामो महत्कौतूहलं हि न: ।याच्ञेश्वरस्य पूर्णस्य बन्धनं चाप्यनागस: ॥ २ ॥
ITRANS:
śrī-rājovācabaleḥ pada-trayaṁ bhūmeḥkasmād dharir ayācatabhūteśvaraḥ kṛpaṇa-vallabdhārtho ’pi babandha tam
Translation:
Mahārāja Parīkṣit inquired: The Supreme Personality of Godhead is the proprietor of everything. Why did He beg three paces of land from Bali Mahārāja like a poor man, and when He got the gift for which He had begged, why did He nonetheless arrest Bali Mahārāja? I am very much anxious to know the mystery of these contradictions.