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ŚB 8.8.3

Devanagari

तत उच्चै:श्रवा नाम हयोऽभूच्चन्द्रपाण्डुर: ।
तस्मिन्बलि: स्पृहां चक्रे नेन्द्र ईश्वरशिक्षया ॥ ३ ॥

Text

tata uccaiḥśravā nāma
hayo ’bhūc candra-pāṇḍuraḥ
tasmin baliḥ spṛhāṁ cakre
nendra īśvara-śikṣayā

Synonyms

tataḥ — thereafter; uccaiḥśravāḥ nāma — by the name Uccaiḥśravā; hayaḥ — a horse; abhūt — was generated; candra-pāṇḍuraḥ — being as white as the moon; tasmin — unto it; baliḥ — Mahārāja Bali; spṛhām cakre — desired to possess; na — not; indraḥ — the King of the demigods; īśvara-śikṣayā — by the previous advice of the Lord.

Translation

Thereafter, a horse named Uccaiḥśravā, which was as white as the moon, was generated. Bali Mahārāja desired to possess this horse, and Indra, the King of heaven, did not protest, for he had previously been so advised by the Supreme Personality of Godhead.