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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.28.3

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 28: Story of Siddhāśrama: Vāmana’s three strides. Viśvāmitra recounts Vāmana’s three strides and the restoration of Indra’s realm, then begins his observance with the brothers as guards

In the sequence: he recounts how Bali, son of Virocana, conquered the Devas and held their realm → while Bali performed a great sacrifice, the Devas led by Agni asked Viṣṇu to intervene before its completion

1.28.3

etasminn eva kāle tu rājā vairocanir baliḥ
nirjitya daivatagaṇān sendrāṃś ca samarudgaṇān
kārayām āsa tad rājyaṃ triṣu lokeṣu viśrutaḥ

At just this time King Bali, son of Virocana, having conquered the hosts of gods together with Indra and the troops of Maruts, held sway over that realm, famed throughout the three worlds.

Words: etasminn — at this; eva — very, just; kāle — time; tu — and; rājā — king; vairocanir — son of Virocana; baliḥ — Bali; nirjitya — having conquered; daivatagaṇān — the hosts of gods; sendrāṃś — together with Indra; ca — and; samarudgaṇān — with the troops of Maruts; kārayām āsa — held sway over, administered; tad rājyaṃ — that kingdom; triṣu — in the three; lokeṣu — worlds; viśrutaḥ — famed, renowned

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.