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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 8, Ch. 22]
Thus Vindhyāvali, Bali Mahārāja's intelligent wife, prayed that her husband be released, by the Lord's causeless mercy. Otherwise, Bali Mahārāja was nothing but a shameless demon, specifically described as  tyakta-hriyas tvad-avaropita-kartṛ-vādāḥ , a foolish person claiming proprietorship over the property of the Supreme Person. In the present age, Kali-yuga, the number of such shameless men, who are agnostics disbelieving in the existence of God, has increased. Trying to defy the authority of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, so-called scientists, philosophers and politicians manufacture plans and schemes for the destruction of the world. They cannot do anything good for the world, and unfortunately, because of Kali-yuga, they have plunged the affairs of the world into mismanagement. Thus there is a great need for the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement for the benefit of innocent people who are being carried away by propaganda of such demons. If the present status quo is allowed to continue, people will certainly suffer more and more under the leadership of these demoniac agnostics.
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श्रीब्रह्मोवाच
भूतभावन भूतेश देवदेव जगन्मय । 
    मुञ्चेनं हृतसर्वस्वं नायमर्हति निग्रहम् ॥२१॥
śrī-brahmovāca 
    bhūta-bhāvana bhūteśa 
    deva-deva jaganmaya 
    muñcainaṁ hṛta-sarvasvaṁ 
    nāyam arhati nigraham
śrī-brahmā uvāca—Lord Brahmā said;  bhūta-bhāvana —O Supreme Being, well-wisher of everyone, who can cause one to flourish;  bhūta-īśa —O master of everyone;  deva-deva —O worshipable Deity of the demigods;  jagat-maya —O all-pervading one;  muñca —please release;  enam —this poor Bali Mahārāja;  hṛta-sarvasvam —now benefit of everything;  na —not;  ayam —such a poor man;  arhati —deserves;  nigraham —punishment.