Brahma Vaivarta Purana
Bali's Son and Tilakottamä Are Cursed by a Brähmana
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ENGLISH TRANSLATION
1.Çri Närada said: Why was Bali's son cursed to become an ass? What was his offense, that Durväsä cursed him? 2.O master, what piety did this demon perform to enter Lord Kåñëa's abode and become like Him. 3.O sage, O breaker of doubts, please tell everything in detail. The words in a poet's mouth are new and fresh at every step. 4.Çri Näräyaëa Åñi said: Listen, child, and I will tell an ancient story I heard on Mount Gandhamädana from the mouth of Dharma Muni, . . . 5.. . . a wonderful and beautiful story from the Pädma-kalpa, a story about Lord Näräyaëa, a story that is nectar for the ear. 6.During the kalpa of this story you were Upabarhaëa. Handsome, wealthy, and always in the prime of youth, you lived until the kalpa's end. 7.The husband of fifty beautiful wives, you were always eager to enjoy with them. Blessed by the demigod Brahmä, you were the sweet-voiced king of all singers. 8.Deeply wounded by Kämadeva's arrows, with unblinking eyes all your wives drank from the lotus of your handsome face moment after moment. 9.I heard that they stayed with you at every breath. Day and night they kept you company. They could not live without you. 10.In one secluded beautiful place after another, in secluded flower gardens, mountain caves, riverbanks, . . .
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