Shloka 43

Devanagari script

बली वीर इति ख्यातो यस्त्वासीदसुरोत्तम: । पौण्ड्रमात्स्यक इत्येवं बभूव स नराधिप:,महाबली वीर नामसे विख्यात जो श्रेष्ठ असुर (विक्षरका तीसरा भाई) था, पौण्ड्रमात्स्यक नामसे प्रसिद्ध राजा हुआ

Transliteration

balī vīra iti khyāto yas tv āsīd asurottamaḥ | pauṇḍramātsyaka ity evaṃ babhūva sa narādhipaḥ ||

Translation

ဝိုင်ရှမ္ပါယနက ပြောသည်– အသူရတို့အနက် အထူးမြတ်သူဖြစ်၍ ‘ဘလီ ဝီရ’ ဟူသော အမည်ဖြင့် ထင်ရှားသူသည် နောက်တစ်ဖန် လူ့ဘုရင်အဖြစ် ဖြစ်လာကာ လောကတွင် ‘ပေါုဏ္ဍ్రమာတ္စျက’ ဟူသော အမည်ဖြင့် သိကြ၏။

Word by Word

बलीBali (the mighty one)

वीरःhero, brave one

इतिthus, as (called)

ख्यातःrenowned, known

यःwho

त्वindeed, but (emphatic particle)

आसीत्was

असुरोत्तमःthe best of Asuras

पौण्ड्रमात्स्यकःPauṇḍra and Mātsyaka (as a combined designation)

इतिthus

एवम्in this manner

बभूवbecame

सःhe

नराधिपःking, lord of men

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Balī Vīra

Asura

Pauṇḍramātsyaka

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights continuity of reputation and inherent potency across changing forms: an exalted Asura identity can culminate in human kingship, suggesting that status shifts with birth while renown follows one’s nature and deeds.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana identifies a figure previously famed as the mighty hero Balī Vīra among the Asuras and states that he later became a human ruler known by the name Pauṇḍramātsyaka.