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The Subterranean Heavenly Planets
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PURPORT
The Supreme Personality of Godhead is described as Uttamaśloka, “He who is worshiped by the best of selected Sanskrit verses,” and His devotees such as Bali Mahārāja are also worshiped by  puṇya-śloka , verses that increase one’s piety. Bali Mahārāja offered everything to the Lord—his wealth, his kingdom and even his own body ( sarvātma-nivedane baliḥ ). The Lord appeared before Bali Mahārāja as a  brāhmaṇa  beggar, and Bali Mahārāja gave Him everything he had. However, Bali Mahārāja did not become poor; by donating all his possessions to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he became a successful devotee and got everything back again with the blessings of the Lord. Similarly, those who give contributions to expand the activities of the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement and to accomplish its objectives will never be losers; they will get their wealth back with the blessings of Lord Kṛṣṇa. On the other side, those who collect contributions on behalf of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness should be very careful not to use even a farthing of the collection for any purpose other than the transcendental loving service of the Lord.
TEXT 19
नोएवैतत्साक्षात्कारो भूमिदानस्य यत्तद्भगवत्यशेषजीवनिकायानां जीव- भूतात्मभूते परमात्मनि वासुदेवे तीर्थतमे पात्र उपपन्ने परया श्रद्धया परमादरसमाहितमनसा सम्प्रतिपादितस्य साक्षादपवर्गद्वारस्य यद्विलनिलयैश्वर्यम् ॥१९॥
no evaitat sākṣātkāro bhūmi-dānasya yat tad bhagavaty aśeṣa-jīva- nikāyānām jīva-bhūtātma-bhūte paramātmani vāsudeve tirthatame pātra upapanne parayā śraddhayā paramādara-samāhita-manasā sampratipāditasya sākṣād apavarga-dvārasya yad bila-nilayaiśvaryam.
no—not: eva—indeed: etat—this; sākṣātkāraḥ—the direct result: bhūmi-dānasya—of contribution of land; yat—which; tat—that: bhagavati—unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead; aśeṣa-jīva- nikāyānām—of unlimited numbers of living entities; jīva-bhūta-ātma-