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SB 8.15.1-2
sri-rajovaca
baleh pada-trayam bhumeh
kasmad dharir ayacata
bhutesvarah krpana-val
labdhartho ’pi babandha tam
etad veditum icchamo
mahat kautuhalam hi nah
yacñesvarasya purnasya
bandhanam capy anagasah
Translation by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada:
Maharaja Pariksit inquired: The Supreme Personality of Godhead is the proprietor of everything. Why did He beg three paces of land from Bali Maharaja like a poor man, and when He got the gift for which He had begged, why did He nonetheless arrest Bali Maharaja? I am very much anxious to know the mystery of these contradictions.