Devanagari
श्रीबलिरुवाच
स्वागतं ते नमस्तुभ्यं ब्रह्मन्किं करवाम ते ।
ब्रह्मर्षीणां तप: साक्षान्मन्ये त्वार्य वपुर्धरम् ॥ २९ ॥
Verse text
śrī-balir uvāca
svāgataṁ te namas tubhyaṁ
brahman kiṁ karavāma te
brahmarṣīṇāṁ tapaḥ sākṣān
manye tvārya vapur-dharam
Synonyms
śrī
—
baliḥ uvāca — Bali Mahārāja said
;
su
—
āgatam — all welcome
;
te
—
unto You
;
namaḥ tubhyam
—
I offer my respectful obeisances unto You
;
brahman
—
O brāhmaṇa
;
kim
—
what
;
karavāma
—
can we do
;
te
—
for You
;
brahma
—
ṛṣīṇām — of the great brāhmaṇa sages
;
tapaḥ
—
austerity
;
sākṣāt
—
directly
;
manye
—
I think
;
tvā
—
You
;
ārya
—
O noble one
;
vapuḥ
—
dharam — personified .
Translation
Bali Mahārāja then said to Lord Vāmanadeva: O brāhmaṇa, I offer You my hearty welcome and my respectful obeisances. Please let us know what we may do for You. We think of You as the personified austerity of the great brāhmaṇa-sages.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Bali Mahārāja said: O respectable brāhmaṇa! I offer you a welcome and my respectful obeisances. Please let us know what we may do for you. I think I am seeing with my eyes the personification of austerity of the great brāhmaṇa-sages.
I think you (tvā) are the personification of austerity (vapor-dharam) whom I am seeing directly (sākṣāt).