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Bali Mahārāja Surrenders the Universe
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कुतः पुनर्ब्रह्मविदां भवादृशां ततो वटोरस्य ददामि वाञ्छितम् ॥१०॥
manasvinaḥ kāruṇikasya śobhanam yad arthi-kāmopanayena durgatiḥ kutaḥ punar brahma-vidām bhavādṛśām tato vaṭor asya dadāmi vāñchitam
manasvinaḥ —of persons who are greatly munificent;  kāruṇikasya —of persons celebrated as very merciful;  śobhanam —very auspicious;  yat —that;  arthi —of persons in need of money;  kāma-upanayena —by satisfying;  durgatiḥ —becoming poverty-stricken;  kutaḥ —what;  punaḥ —again (is to be said);  brahma-vidām —of persons well versed in transcendental science ( brahma-vidyā );  bhavādṛśām —like your good self;  tataḥ —therefore;  vaṭoḥ —of the  brahmacārī ;  asya —of this Vāmanadeva;  dadāmi —I shall give;  vāñchitam —whatever He wants.
TRANSLATION
By giving charity, a benevolent and merciful person undoubtedly becomes even more auspicious, especially when he gives charity to a person like your good self. Under the circumstances, I must give this little  brahmacārī  whatever charity He wants from me.
PURPORT
If one accepts a poverty-stricken position because of losing money in business, gambling, prostitution or intoxication, no one will praise him, but if one becomes poverty-stricken by giving all of his possessions in charity, he becomes adored all over the world. Aside from this, if a benevolent and merciful person exhibits his pride in becoming poverty-stricken by giving his possessions in charity for good causes, his poverty is a welcome and auspicious sign of a great personality. Bali Mahārāja decided that even though he would become poverty-stricken by giving everything to Vāmanadeva, this is what he would prefer.
TEXT 11
यजन्ति यज्ञक्रतुभिर्यमादृता भवन्त आम्नायविधानक्रोविदाः ।