Text 14] The Demigods Regain the Heavenly Planets
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Lord;  antike —nearby;  āsīnam —who was sitting;  ṛtvijām madhye —in the group of all the priests;  sadasi —in the assembly;  brahma-vādinām —of the followers of Vedic principles.
TRANSLATION
Hari, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Nārāyaṇa, thereafter addressed Śukrācārya, who was sitting nearby in the midst of the assembly with the priests [brahma, hotā, udgātā and adhvaryu]. O Mahārāja Parikṣit, these priests were all brahma-vādis, followers of the Vedic principles for performing sacrifices.
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ब्रह्मन् संतनु शिष्यस्य कर्मच्छिद्रं वितन्वतः । यत् तत् कर्मसु वैषम्यं ब्रह्मदृष्टं समं भवेत् ॥१४॥
brahman santanu śiṣyasya karma-cchidram vitanvataḥ yat tat karmasu vaiṣamyam brahma-dṛṣṭam samam bhavet
brahman —O  brāhmaṇa ;  santanu —please describe;  śiṣyasya —of your disciple;  karma-chidram —the discrepancies in the fruitive activities;  vitanvataḥ —of he who was performing sacrifices;  yat tat —that which;  karmasu —in the fruitive activities;  vaiṣamyam —discrepancy;  brahma-dṛṣṭam —when it is judged by the  brāhmaṇas ;  samam —equipoised;  bhavet —it so becomes.
TRANSLATION
O best of the brāhmaṇas, Śukrācārya, please describe the fault or discrepancy in your disciple Bali Mahārāja, who engaged in performing sacrifices. This fault will be nullified when judged in the presence of qualified brāhmaṇas.
PURPORT
When Bali Mahārāja and Prahlāda Mahārāja had departed for the planet Sutala, Lord Viṣṇu asked Śukrācārya what the fault was in Bali