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  "name":"SB 8.21.27",
  "h1":"SB 8.21.27",
  "label":"Text 27",
  "title":"Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.21.27",
  "description":"When Bali Mahārāja was thus arrested by Lord Viṣṇu, who is the most powerful, there was a great roar of lamentation in all directions throughout the upper and lower planetary systems of the universe."

} —

SB 8.21.27

Text

hāhākāro mahān āsīd
rodasyoḥ sarvato diśam
nigṛhyamāṇe 'sura-patau
viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā

Synonyms

hāhā-kāraḥ—a tumultuous roar of lamentation; mahān—great; āsīt—there was; rodasyoḥ—in both the lower and upper planetary systems; sarvataḥ—everywhere; diśam—all directions; nigṛhyamāṇe—because of being suppressed; asura-patau—when Bali Mahārāja, the King of the demons; viṣṇunā—by Lord Viṣṇu; prabhaviṣṇunā—who is the most powerful everywhere.

Translation

When Bali Mahārāja was thus arrested by Lord Viṣṇu, who is the most powerful, there was a great roar of lamentation in all directions throughout the upper and lower planetary systems of the universe.