Vamana Purana — Kali's Complaint to Brahma (Part 2), Shloka 12
Kali’s Complaint to Brahma and the Arrival of Śrī (Jayaśrī) in Bali’s Reign
एतानि सर्वजगतः परिव्याप्य स्थितानि हि बलिना बलवान् ब्रह्मन् तिष्यो ऽपि हि कृतः कृतः
etāni sarvajagataḥ parivyāpya sthitāni hi balinā balavān brahman tiṣyo 'pi hi kṛtaḥ kṛtaḥ
“Indeed, these (conditions) have pervaded and come to prevail throughout the whole world. By Bali’s (rule), O Brahmin, even Tiṣya has been made powerful—yes, it has truly been brought about.”
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FAQs
Tiṣya is a proper name used in Sanskrit for an auspicious marker—often the Tiṣya (Puṣya) nakṣatra, and by extension a personified auspicious influence; some traditions also connect the term with benefic planetary influence. The verse uses it as a sign that under Bali’s governance even auspicious cosmic indicators flourish.
It is an emphatic stylistic repetition: ‘it has indeed been accomplished/established.’ In Purāṇic narration it often underlines that the described state is not incidental but decisively effected.
The narrative commonly foregrounds Bali’s extraordinary dharmic rule and prosperity as the backdrop for Vāmana’s intervention—showing that the conflict is not simplistic ‘good vs. evil’ but a rebalancing of cosmic sovereignty.