Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 8 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1
Sanskrit:
श्रीशुक उवाचएवं विप्रकृतो राजन् बलिर्भगवतासुर: ।भिद्यमानोऽप्यभिन्नात्मा प्रत्याहाविक्लवं वच: ॥ १ ॥
ITRANS:
śrī-śuka uvācaevaṁ viprakṛto rājanbalir bhagavatāsuraḥbhidyamāno ’py abhinnātmāpratyāhāviklavaṁ vacaḥ
Translation:
Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: O King, although the Supreme Personality of Godhead was superficially seen to have acted mischievously toward Bali Mahārāja, Bali Mahārāja was fixed in his determination. Considering himself not to have fulfilled his promise, he spoke as follows.