बद्धं वीक्ष्य पतिं साध्वी तत्पत्नी भयविह्वला ।
प्राञ्जलिः प्रणतोपेन्द्रं बभाषेऽवाङ्मुखी नृप ॥१९॥

baddhaṁ vīkṣya patiṁ sādhvī
tat-patnī bhaya-vihvalā
prāñjaliḥ praṇatopendraṁ
babhāṣe 'vāṅ-mukhī nṛpa

 baddham - arrested; vīkṣya - seeing; patim - her husband; sādhvī - the chaste woman; tat-patnī - Bali Mahārāja's wife; bhaya-vihvalā - being very disturbed by fear; prāñjaliḥ - with folded hands; praṇatā - having offered obeisances; upendram - unto Vāmanadeva; babhāṣe - addressed; avāk-mukhī - with face downward; nṛpa - O Mahārāja Parīkṣit.


Text

But Bali Mahārāja’s chaste wife, afraid and aggrieved at seeing her husband arrested, immediately offered obeisances to Lord Vāmanadeva [Upendra]. She folded her hands and spoke as follows.

Purport

Although Lord Brahmā was speaking, he had to stop for a while because Bali Mahārāja’s wife, Vindhyāvali, who was very agitated and afraid, wanted to say something.