Shloka 39

Vamana's Three Steps — Vamana’s Three Steps and the Binding of Bali

Devanagari script

या नैव शक्य भवता हि पूरितुं कथं वितन्याद् दितिजेश्वरो ऽसौ शक्तस्तु संपूजयितुं मुरारे प्रसीद मा बन्धनमादिशस्व

Transliteration

yā naiva śakya bhavatā hi pūrituṃ kathaṃ vitanyād ditijeśvaro 'sau śaktastu saṃpūjayituṃ murāre prasīda mā bandhanamādiśasva

Translation

“That (gift) which even You cannot possibly fill out in full—how could that lord of the Diti-born (Bali) extend it? Yet he is able to honor You, O slayer of Mura. Be gracious; do not command his bondage.”

Speakers

• Bāṇa addressing Viṣṇu (Vāmana)
• pleading on behalf of Bali.

Primary Deities

• Vishnu (Vamana/Trivikrama)

Key Themes

• Compassion vs. punishment
• Devotional intercession
• Limits of human capacity before divine infinitude
• Honor (pūjā) as the true ‘payment’
• Bondage as consequence of vow-logic

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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