Text 5] The Lord Begs Charity from Bali Mahārāja
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peccable reputation;  prahrādaḥ —Prahlāda Mahārāja;  udbhāti —arises;  yathā —as;  uḍupaḥ —the moon;  khe —in the sky.
TRANSLATION
O King Bali, never in your dynasty has the low-minded king been born who upon being requested has refused charity to brāhmaṇas in holy places or a fight to kṣatriyas on a battlefield. And your dynasty is even more glorious due to the presence of Prahlāda Mahārāja, who is like the beautiful moon in the sky.
PURPORT
The symptoms of a  kṣatriya  are given in  Bhagavad-gītā . One of the qualifications is the willingness to give charity ( dāna ). A  kṣatriya  does not refuse to give charity when requested by a  brāhmaṇa , nor can he refuse to fight another  kṣatriya . A king who does refuse is called low-minded. In the dynasty of Bali Mahārāja there were no such low-minded kings.
TEXT 5
यतो जातो हिरण्याक्षश्चरन्नेक इमां महीम् । प्रतिवीरं दिग्विजये नाविन्दत गदायुधः ॥ ५ ॥
yato jāto hiraṇyākṣaś carann eka imām mahīm prativīram dig-vijaye nāvindata gadāyudhaḥ
yataḥ —in which dynasty;  jātaḥ —was born;  hiraṇyākṣaḥ —the king named Hiraṇyākṣa;  caran —wandering;  ekaḥ —alone;  imām —this;  mahīm —surface of the globe;  prativīram —a rival hero;  dik-vijaye —for conquering all directions;  na avindata —could not get;  gadā-āyudhaḥ —bearing his own club.
TRANSLATION
It was in your dynasty that Hiraṇyākṣa was born. Carrying only his own club, he wandered the globe alone, without assistance, to conquer all directions, and no hero he met could rival him.