Brahma Vaivarta Purana Chapter 23:11-20

Brahma Vaivarta Purana

Tilakottamä-bali-putrayor brahma-çäpa-prastäva

Bali's Son and Tilakottamä Are Cursed by a Brähmana

Chapter 23: Verse 11-20

ENGLISH TRANSLATION 11.. . . beautiful forests, and peopleless cremation grounds they enjoyed pastimes with you as they wished. 12.By Brahmä's curse you became a serving girl's son, and by eating the remnants of food eaten by great devotees you are now Brahmä's son. 13.Now you are the best of devotees. You live for numberless kalpas, you see everything with eyes of knowledge, and you are a dear disciple of Lord Çiva. 14.O sage, please listen and I will tell in detail a story from that kalpa, a story about a demon, a story like nectar. 15.One day, after defeating the demigods, Bali's powerful son named Sähasika went to Mount Gandhamädana. 16.Surrounded by many armies, decorated with jewel ornaments, and his limbs anointed with sandal, he sat on a jewel throne. 17.-19.Then, fair like campaka flowers, decorated with jewel ornaments, in the fresh bloom of youth, wounded by Kämadeva's arrows, gently smiling, wearing splendid and opulent garments, and her eyebrows playfully arched, the most beautiful apsarä Tilottamä slowly walked by like a graceful elephant. 20.Then a wind came and pushed aside her garments. Gazing at her moonlike face, breasts, and thighs, youthful Sähasika was stunned.