Text 22]
Bali Mahārāja Surrenders His Life
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TRANSLATION
Lord Brahmā said: O well-wisher and master of all living entities, O worshipable Deity of all the demigods, O all-pervading Personality of Godhead, now this man has been sufficiently punished, for You have taken everything. Now You can release him. He does not deserve to be punished more.
PURPORT
When Lord Brahmā saw that Prahlāda Mahārāja and Vindhyāvali had already approached the Lord to ask mercy for Bali Mahārāja, he joined them and recommended Bali Mahārāja's release on the grounds of worldly calculations.
TEXT 22
कृत्स्ना तेऽनेन दत्ता भूलोकाः कर्मार्जिताश्च ये । निवेदितं च सर्वस्वमात्माविकृत्या धिया ॥२२॥
kṛtsnā te 'nena dattā bhūr lokāḥ karmārjitāś ca ye niveditam ca sarvasvam ātmāviklavayā dhiyā
kṛtsnāḥ—all; te—unto You; anena—by Bali Mahārāja; dattāḥ—have been given or returned; bhūḥ lokāḥ—all land and all planets; karma-arjitāḥ ca—whatever he achieved by his pious activities; ye—all of which; niveditam ca—have been offered to You; sarvasvam—everything he possessed; ātmā—even his body; aviklavayā—without hesitation; dhiyā—by such intelligence.
TRANSLATION
Bali Mahārāja had already offered everything to Your Lordship. Without hesitation, he has offered his land, the planets and whatever else he earned by his pious activities, including even his own body.