Verse Text
yathā vā daśa-rūpake –
lakṣmī-payodharotsaṅga-kuṅkumāruṇito hareḥ |
balinaiva sa yenāsya bhikṣā-pātrīkṛtaḥ karaḥ ||39||
Translation
From Daśa-rūpaka: Bali offered the ball of grains to the hand of the Lord which was colored with the kuṁkuma from the breast of Lakṣmī.
Purport (Jiva Goswami)
The word pūrakaḥ (ball of ground grains) should be added to the sentence to complete the meaning.
Purport (Nectar of Devotion)
Mahārāja Bali was so fortunate that the Lord extended before him His hand, which was reddish from touching the breast of the goddess of fortune, who is always smeared with red kuṅkuma powder. In other words, although the Personality of Godhead is so great that the goddess of fortune is always under His command for enjoyment, He still extended His hands to take charity from Mahārāja Bali.