ŚB 8.23.11-12
Devanagari
श्रीशुक उवाच
आज्ञां भगवतो राजन्प्रह्लादो बलिना सह ।
बाढमित्यमलप्रज्ञो मूर्ध्न्याधाय कृताञ्जलि: ॥ ११ ॥
परिक्रम्यादिपुरुषं सर्वासुरचमूपति: ।
प्रणतस्तदनुज्ञात: प्रविवेश महाबिलम् ॥ १२ ॥
आज्ञां भगवतो राजन्प्रह्लादो बलिना सह ।
बाढमित्यमलप्रज्ञो मूर्ध्न्याधाय कृताञ्जलि: ॥ ११ ॥
परिक्रम्यादिपुरुषं सर्वासुरचमूपति: ।
प्रणतस्तदनुज्ञात: प्रविवेश महाबिलम् ॥ १२ ॥
Verse text
śrī-śuka uvāca
ājñāṁ bhagavato rājan
prahrādo balinā saha
bāḍham ity amala-prajño
mūrdhny ādhāya kṛtāñjaliḥ
ājñāṁ bhagavato rājan
prahrādo balinā saha
bāḍham ity amala-prajño
mūrdhny ādhāya kṛtāñjaliḥ
parikramyādi-puruṣaṁ
sarvāsura-camūpatiḥ
praṇatas tad-anujñātaḥ
praviveśa mahā-bilam
sarvāsura-camūpatiḥ
praṇatas tad-anujñātaḥ
praviveśa mahā-bilam
Synonyms
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca — Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said; ājñām — the order; bhagavataḥ — of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; rājan — O King (Mahārāja Parīkṣit); prahrādaḥ — Mahārāja Prahlāda; balinā saha — accompanied by Bali Mahārāja; bāḍham — yes, sir, what You say is all right; iti — thus; amala-prajñaḥ — Prahlāda Mahārāja, who had clear intelligence; mūrdhni — on his head; ādhāya — accepting; kṛta-añjaliḥ — with folded hands; parikramya — after circumambulating; ādi-puruṣam — the supreme original person, Bhagavān; sarva-asura-camūpatiḥ — the master of all the chiefs of the demons; praṇataḥ — after offering obeisances; tat-anujñātaḥ — being permitted by Him (Lord Vāmana); praviveśa — entered; mahā-bilam — the planet known as Sutala.
Translation
Śrīla Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: Accompanied by Bali Mahārāja, my dear King Parīkṣit, Prahlāda Mahārāja, the master of all the chiefs of the demons, took the Supreme Lord’s order on his head with folded hands. After saying yes to the Lord, circumambulating Him and offering Him respectful obeisances, he entered the lower planetary system known as Sutala.