Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 8 - Chapter 1 - Verse 1


Sanskrit:

श्रीशुक उवाचइत्युक्तवन्तं पुरुषं पुरातनंमहानुभावोऽखिलसाधुसम्मत: ।बद्धाञ्जलिर्बाष्पकलाकुलेक्षणोभक्त्युत्कलो गद्गदया गिराब्रवीत् ॥ १ ॥

ITRANS:

śrī-śuka uvācaity uktavantaṁ puruṣaṁ purātanaṁmahānubhāvo ’khila-sādhu-sammataḥbaddhāñjalir bāṣpa-kalākulekṣaṇobhakty-utkalo gadgadayā girābravīt

Translation:

Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: When the supreme, ancient, eternal Personality of Godhead had thus spoken to Bali Mahārāja, who is universally accepted as a pure devotee of the Lord and therefore a great soul, Bali Mahārāja, his eyes filled with tears, his hands folded and his voice faltering in devotional ecstasy, responded as follows.

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