Text 19] The Subterranean Heavenly Planets 391
PURPORT

The Supreme Personality of Godhead is described as Uttamasloka,
“He who is worshiped by the best of selected Sanskrit verses,” and His
devotees such as Bali Maharaja are also worshiped by punya-sloka,
verses that increase one’s piety. Bali Maharaja offered everything to the
Lord—his wealth, his kingdom and even his own body (sarvatma-
nivedane balih). The Lord appeared before Bali Maharaja as a brahmana
beggar, and Bali Maharaja gave Him everything he had. However, Bali
Maharaja did not become poor; by donating all his possessions to the
Supreme Personality of Godhead, he became a successful devotee and got
everything back again with the blessings of the Lord. Similarly, those
who give contributions to expand the activities of the Krsna conscious-
ness movement and to accomplish its objectives will never be losers; they
will get their wealth back with the blessings of Lord Krsna. On the other
side, those who collect contributions on behalf of the International
Society for Krishna Consciousness should be very careful not to use even
a farthing of the collection for any purpose other than the transcendental
loving service of the Lord.

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TIMI Wat signacaamlaanaar sz
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qe KARAM awaed aeay TT BT TA AZT.
a Cn S

TUNA eTAAAT aeatamicaea AUT

fos AS
a soraaaay 112 Sl
no evaitat saksatkaro bhiimi-danasya yat tad bhagavaty asesa-jiva-
nikayanam jiva-bhitatma-bhiite paramaétmani vasudeve tirthatame
patra upapanne paraya sraddhaya paramddara-samahita-manasa
sampratipdditasya sdksdd apavarga-dvarasya yad bila-nilayaisvaryam.

no—not: eva—indeed; etat—this; sdksdtkarah—the direct result:
bhiimi-danasya—of contribution of land; yat—which: tat—that:
bhagavati—unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead: asesa-jiva-
nikaydndm—of unlimited numbers of living entities; jiva-bhiita-dtma-
