Text 11]
Bali Mahārāja Surrenders His Life
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TEXT 11
अथाहमप्यात्मरिपोस्तवान्तिकं
दैवेन नीतः प्रसभं त्याजितश्रीः ।
इदं कृतान्तान्तिकवर्तिं जीवितं
यथाश्रुवं स्तब्धमतिर्न बुध्यते ॥११॥
athāham apy ātma-ripos tavāntikam daivena nītaḥ prasabham tyājita-śrīḥ idam kṛtāntāntika-varti jīvitam yayādhruvam stabdha-matir na budhyate
atha —therefore;  aham —I;  api —also;  ātma-ripoḥ —who are the traditional enemy of the family;  tava —of Your good self;  antikam —the shelter;  daivena —by providence;  nītaḥ —brought in;  prasabham —by force;  tyājita —bereft of;  śrīḥ —all opulence;  idam —this philosophy of life;  kṛta-anta-antika-varti —always given the facility for death;  jīvitam —the duration of life;  yayā —by such material opulence;  adhruvam —as temporary;  stabdha-matiḥ —such an unintelligent person;  na budhyate —cannot understand.
TRANSLATION
Only by providence have I been forcibly brought under Your lotus feet and deprived of all my opulence. Because of the illusion created by temporary opulence, people in general, who live under material conditions, facing accidental death at every moment, do not understand that this life is temporary. Only by providence have I been saved from that condition.
PURPORT
Bali Mahārāja appreciated the actions of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, although all the members of the demoniac families except Prahlāda Mahārāja and Bali Mahārāja considered Viṣṇu their eternal traditional enemy. As described by Bali Mahārāja, Lord Viṣṇu was actually not the enemy of the family but the best friend of the family. The principle of this friendship has already been stated.  Yasyāham anugṛhṇāmi