Text 35] The Lord Begs Charity from Bali Mahārāja
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TRANSLATION
Vāmanadeva will first occupy the three worlds with one step, then He will take His second step and occupy everything in outer space, and then He will expand His universal body to occupy everything. Where will you offer Him the third step?
PURPORT
Śukrācārya wanted to tell Bali Mahārāja how he would be cheated by Lord Vāmana. “You have promised three steps,” he said. “But with only two steps, all your possessions will be finished. How then will you give Him a place for His third step?” Śukrācārya did not know how the Lord protects His devotee. The devotee must risk everything in his possession for the service of the Lord, but he is always protected and never defeated. By materialistic calculations, Śukrācārya thought that Bali Mahārāja would under no circumstances be able to keep his promise to the  brahmacārī , Lord Vāmanadeva.
TEXT 35
निष्ठां ते नरके मन्ये ह्यप्रदातुः प्रतिश्रुतम् । प्रतिश्रुतस्य योजनीशः प्रतिपादयितुं भवान् ॥३५॥
niṣṭhām te narake manye hy apradātuḥ pratiśrutam pratiśrutasya yo 'nīśaḥ pratipādayitum bhavān
niṣṭhām —perpetual residence;  te —of you;  narake —in hell;  manye —I think;  hi —indeed;  apradātuḥ —of a person who cannot fulfill;  pratiśrutam —what has been promised;  pratiśrutasya —of the promise one has made;  yaḥ anīśaḥ —one who is unable;  pratipādayitum —to fulfill properly;  bhavān —you are that person.
TRANSLATION
You will certainly be unable to fulfill your promise, and I think that because of this inability your eternal residence will be in hell.