Verse 1

अथ वर्षसहस्रेण दिव्येनासुरपुङ्गवः ।देवदुन्दुभिनिर्घोषैर्बुबुधे भगवान्बलिः

In plain words

Śrī Vasiṣṭha said: Then, after a thousand divine years, the bull among the asuras, the blessed Bali, awoke, at the roar of the gods' dundubhi drums.