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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 |

“సర్వభూతములకు అవధ్యుడని భావింపబడిన మహాసురుడు బలినీ మీరు వామనరూపం ధరించి త్రిలోకాధిపత్యం నుండి తప్పించారు।”

अवध्यःinvulnerable, not to be slain
अवध्यः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअवध्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सर्वभूतानाम्of all beings
सर्वभूतानाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसर्वभूत
FormNeuter, Genitive, Plural
बलिःBali (proper name)
बलिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootबलि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अपिalso, even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
महासुरःthe great Asura/demon
महासुरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमहासुर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वामनVamana (dwarf form)
वामन:
TypeNoun
Rootवामन
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
वपुःbody, form
वपुः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवपुस्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
आश्रित्यhaving assumed/taken refuge in
आश्रित्य:
TypeVerb
Rootआ-श्रि
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)
त्रैलोक्यात्from the three worlds
त्रैलोक्यात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootत्रैलोक्य
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular
भ्रंशितःdeprived, made to fall away
भ्रंशितः:
TypeVerb
Rootभ्रंशित
Formक्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
त्वयाby you
त्वया:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

लोगश उवाच

L
Lomaśa
B
Bali
V
Vāmana
T
Trailokya (the three worlds)

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.