Srimad Bhagavatam. Canto 8: Withdrawal of the Cosmic Creations

Chapter 22: Bali Maharaja Surrenders His Life. Text 18

श्रीशुक उवाच
तस्यानुशृण्वतो राजन् प्रह्रादस्य कृताञ्जलेः ।
हिरण्यगर्भो भगवानुवाच मधुसूदनम् ॥१८॥

Å›rÄ«-Å›uka uvÄca
tasyÄnuśṛṇvato rÄjan
prahrÄdasya ká¹›tÄñjaleḥ
hiraṇyagarbho bhagavÄn
uvÄca madhusÅ«danam

 Å›rÄ«-Å›ukaḥ uvÄca - ÅšrÄ« Åšukadeva GosvÄmÄ« said; tasya - of PrahlÄda MahÄrÄja; anuśṛṇvataḥ - so that he could hear; rÄjan - O King ParÄ«ká¹£it; prahrÄdasya - of PrahlÄda MahÄrÄja; ká¹›ta-añjaleḥ - who was standing with folded hands; hiraṇyagarbhaḥ - Lord BrahmÄ; bhagavÄn - the most powerful; uvÄca - said; madhusÅ«danam - unto MadhusÅ«dana, the Personality of Godhead.


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Åšukadeva GosvÄmÄ« continued: O King ParÄ«ká¹£it, Lord BrahmÄ then began to speak to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, within the hearing of PrahlÄda MahÄrÄja, who stood nearby with folded hands.

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