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Birth of Emperor Parīkṣit
645
became detached from worldly life and returned the youthfulness again to his son Pūru. He wanted to hand over the kingdom to Pūru, but his noblemen and the subjects did not agree. But when he explained to his subjects the greatness of Pūru, they agreed to accept Pūru as the King, and thus Emperor Yayāti retired from family life and left home for the forest.
TEXT 25
धृत्या बलिसमः कृष्णे प्रहाद इव सद्ग्रहः । 
    आहतैषोऽश्वमेधानां वृद्धानां पर्युपासकः ॥२५॥
dhṛtyā bali-samaḥ kṛṣṇe 
    prahlāda iva sad-grahaḥ 
    āhartaiṣo 'śvamedhānām 
    vṛddhānām paryupāsakaḥ
dhṛtyā—by patience; bali-samaḥ—like Bali Mahārāja; kṛṣṇe—unto Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa; prahlāda—Prahlāda Mahārāja; iva—like; sat-grahaḥ—devotee of; āharta—performer; eṣaḥ—this child; aśvamedhānām—of Aśvamedha sacrifices; vṛddhānām—of the old and experienced men; paryupāsakaḥ—follower.
TRANSLATION
This child will be like Bali Mahārāja in patience, a staunch devotee of Lord Kṛṣṇa like Prahlāda Mahārāja, a performer of many aśvamedha [horse] sacrifices and a follower of the old and experienced men.
PURPORT
Bali Mahārāja:  One of the twelve authorities in devotional service of the Lord. Bali Mahārāja is a great authority in devotional service because he sacrificed everything to please the Lord and relinquished the connection of his so-called spiritual master who obstructed him on the path of risking everything for the service of the Lord. The highest perfection of religious life is to attain to the stage of unqualified devotional service of the Lord without any cause or without being obstructed by any kind of worldly obligation. Bali Mahārāja was determined to give up everything for the satisfaction of the Lord, and he did not care for any obstruction whatsoever. He is the grandson of Prahlāda Mahārāja, another authority in devotional service of the Lord. Bali Mahārāja and the history of his