Shloka 23
विन्ध्यवृद्धिनिवारणम् — The Restraint of the Vindhya
Agastya’s Injunction
अवध्य: सर्वभूतानां बलिश्चापि महासुर: । वामन वपुराश्रित्य त्रैलोक्याद् भ्रंशितस्त्वया,“सम्पूर्ण प्राणियोंके लिये अवध्य महादैत्य बलिको भी आपने ही वामनरूप धारण करके त्रिलोकीके राज्यसे वंचित किया
avadhyaḥ sarvabhūtānāṁ baliścāpi mahāsuraḥ | vāmana-vapur āśritya trailokyād bhraṁśitas tvayā |
Lomaśa disse: “Até mesmo Bali, o poderoso asura tido por invulnerável a todos os seres, foi por Ti privado da soberania sobre os três mundos, quando assumiste a forma do anão Vāmana.”
लोगश उवाच
Educational Q&A
No worldly power is absolute: even one considered invulnerable can be brought down when divine order (dharma) reasserts itself. The verse underscores how pride in strength and sovereignty is checked by a higher moral-cosmic authority.
Lomaśa cites the well-known episode of Viṣṇu as Vāmana, who, by taking a humble form, displaced King Bali from dominion over the three worlds—using this as an illustrative precedent within his discourse.