Text 25] Birth of Emperor Partksit 645

became detached from worldly life and returned the youthfulness again to
his son Puru. He wanted to hand over the kingdom to Puru, but his
noblemen and the subjects did not agree. But when he explained to his
subjects the greatness of Puru, they agreed to accept Puru as the King, and
thus Emperor Yayati retired from family life and left home for the forest.

TEXT 25

TEN Wea: FA weIK AGE |
TEAST TEA TATE: RII
dhrtya bali-samah krsne
prahlada iva sad-grahah
ahartaiso ’’vamedhanam
urddhanam paryupasakah

dhrtya—by patience; bali-samah—like Bali Maharaja; krspe—unto Lord
Sn Krsna; prahlada— Prahlada Maharaja; iva—like; sat-grahah—devotee of;
aharta— performer; esah—this child; asvamedhanam—of Asvamedha sacri-
fices; uvrddhandm—of the old and experienced men; paryupasakah—
follower.

TRANSLATION

This child will be like Bali Maharaja in patience, a staunch devotee of
Lord Krsna like Prahlada Maharaja, a performer of many aSvamedha
[horse] sacrifices and a follower of the old and experienced men.

PURPORT

Bali Maharaja: One of the twelve authorities in devotional service of the
Lord. Bali Maharaja is a great authority in devotional service because he
sacrificed everything to please the Lord and relinquished the connection
of his so-called spiritual master who obstructed him on the path of
risking everything for the service of the Lord. The highest perfection of
religious life is to attain to the stage of unqualified devotional service of
the Lord without any cause or without being obstructed by any kind of
worldly obligation. Bali Maharaja was determined to give up everything
for the satisfaction of the Lord, and he did not care for any obstruction
whatsoever. He is the grandson of Prahlada Maharaja, another authority
in devotional service of the Lord. Bali Maharaja and the history of his
