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Bali Mahārāja Arrested by the Lord
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TEXT 24
एतान् वयं विजेष्यामो यदि दैवं प्रसीदति । तस्मात् कालं प्रतीक्षधं यो नोऽर्थत्वाय कल्पते ॥२४॥
etān vayam vijeṣyāmo yadi daivam prasīdati tasmāt kālam pratīkṣadhvam yo no 'rthatvāya kalpate
etān —all these soldiers of the demigods;  vayam —we;  vijeṣyāmaḥ —shall gain victory over them;  yadi —if;  daivam —providence;  prasīdati —is in favor;  tasmāt —therefore;  kālam —that favorable time;  pratīkṣadhvam —wait until;  yaḥ —which;  naḥ —our;  arthatvāya kalpate —should be considered in our favor.
TRANSLATION
Unless providence is in our favor, we shall not be able to gain victory. Therefore we must wait for that favorable time when our defeating them will be possible.
TEXT 25
श्रीशुक उशाच
पत्युर्निगदितं श्रुत्वा दैत्यदानवयूयपाः । रसां निर्विविशू राजन् विष्णुपार्षदताडिताः ॥२५॥
śrī-śuka uvāca patyur nigaditam śrutvā daitya-dānava-yūthapāḥ rasām nirviviśū rājan viṣṇu-pārṣada tāḍitāḥ
śrī-śukaḥ uvāca —Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said;  patyuḥ —of their master (Bali Mahārāja);  nigaditam —what had been thus described;  śrutvā —after hearing;  daitya-dānava-yūtha-pāḥ —the leaders of the Daityas and demons;  rasām —the lower regions of the universe;