taiḥ kalpita-svastyayano 'tha viprān
taiḥ kalpita-svastyayano 'tha viprān
pradakṣiṇī-kṛtya kṛta-praṇāmaḥ
prahrādam āmantrya namaś-cakāra
When Mahārāja Bali had thus performed the special rites advised by the brāhmaṇas and had received, by their grace, the equipment for fighting, he circumambulated the brāhmaṇas and offered them obeisances. He also saluted Prahlāda Mahārāja and offered obeisances to him.
He had obtained articles for fighting which are supplied by the brāhmaṇas.
|| 8.15.8-9 ||
athāruhya rathaṁ divyaṁ
bhṛgu-dattaṁ mahārathaḥ
susrag-dharo 'tha sannahya
dhanvī khaḍgī dhṛteṣudhiḥ
hemāṅgada-lasad-bāhuḥ
sphuran-makara-kuṇḍalaḥ
rarāja ratham ārūḍho
dhiṣṇya-stha iva havyavāṭ
Then, after getting on the chariot given by Śukrācārya, Bali Mahārāja, decorated with a beautiful garland, put protective armor on his body, equipped himself with a bow, and took up a sword and a quiver of arrows. When he sat down on the seat of the chariot, his arms decorated with golden bangles and his ears with sapphire earrings, he shone like a fire on an altar.
|| 8.15.10-11 ||
tulyaiśvarya-bala-śrībhiḥ
sva-yūthair daitya-yūthapaiḥ
pibadbhir iva khaṁ dṛgbhir
dahadbhiḥ paridhīn iva
vṛto vikarṣan mahatīm
āsurīṁ dhvajinīṁ vibhuḥ
yayāv indra-purīṁ svṛddhāṁ
kampayann iva rodasī
When he assembled with his soldiers and the demon chiefs, who were equal to him in strength, wealth and beauty, they appeared as if they would swallow the sky and burn all directions with their vision. After gathering the demoniac soldiers, Bali Mahārāja departed for the prosperous city of Indra, making the entire surface of the world tremble.
Surrounded by the solders he went to Indra’s city. The two verses are connected. Paridhīn means directions.
|| 8.15.12 ||
ramyām upavanodyānaiḥ
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