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ŚB 8.23.5

Devanagari

लब्धप्रसादं निर्मुक्तं पौत्रं वंशधरं बलिम् ।
निशाम्य भक्तिप्रवण: प्रह्लाद इदमब्रवीत् ॥ ५ ॥

Text

labdha-prasādaṁ nirmuktaṁ
pautraṁ vaṁśa-dharaṁ balim
niśāmya bhakti-pravaṇaḥ
prahrāda idam abravīt

Synonyms

labdha-prasādam — who had achieved the blessings of the Lord; nirmuktam — who was released from bondage; pautram — his grandson; vaṁśa-dharam — the descendant; balim — Bali Mahārāja; niśāmya — after overhearing; bhakti-pravaṇaḥ — in fully ecstatic devotion; prahrādaḥ — Prahlāda Mahārāja; idam — this; abravīt — spoke.

Translation

When Prahlāda Mahārāja heard how Bali Mahārāja, his grandson and descendant, had been released from bondage and had achieved the benediction of the Lord, he spoke as follows in a tone of greatly ecstatic devotion.