Devanagari
विष्णवे क्ष्मां प्रदास्यन्तमुशना असुरेश्वरम् ।
जानंश्चिकीर्षितं विष्णो: शिष्यं प्राह विदां वर: ॥ २९ ॥
Verse text
viṣṇave kṣmāṁ pradāsyantam
uśanā asureśvaram
jānaṁś cikīrṣitaṁ viṣṇoḥ
śiṣyaṁ prāha vidāṁ varaḥ
Synonyms
viṣṇave
—
unto Lord Viṣṇu (Vāmanadeva)
;
kṣmām
—
the land
;
pradāsyantam
—
who was ready to deliver
;
uśanāḥ
—
Śukrācārya
;
asura
—
īśvaram — unto the King of the demons (Bali Mahārāja)
;
jānan
—
knowing well
;
cikīrṣitam
—
what was the plan
;
viṣṇoḥ
—
of Lord Viṣṇu
;
śiṣyam
—
unto his disciple
;
prāha
—
said
;
vidām varaḥ
—
the best of the knowers of everything .
Translation
Understanding Lord Viṣṇu’s purpose, Śukrācārya, the best of the learned, immediately spoke as follows to his disciple, who was about to offer everything to Lord Vāmanadeva.
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
Understanding Viṣṇu's plan, Śukrācārya, the best of knowers, immediately spoke as follows to his disciple, who was about to offer the land to Viṣṇu.
Śukrācārya is called the best of knowers because he would reveal Vāmana’s identity.