402 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 5, Ch. 24

grandfather, because of his great humility he thought that he was not. It
is characteristic of advanced Vaisnavas following the principles of bhakti
that they think themselves ordinary human beings. This is not an ar-
tificial exhibition of humility; a Vaisnava sincerely thinks this way and
therefore never admits his exalted position.

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GOI ECP CME tito Gi ROP IC MECC CCC UCOCE ICU
at nenitataga Rasargateaaet Wigsa Tal FATTER
Maange ehaay safea: 1 Wo

tasydnucaritam uparistdd vistarisyate yasya bhagavan svayam akhila-
Jagad-gurur nardyano dvari gada-panir avatisthate nija-
jananukampita-hrdayo yendngusthena pada dasa-kandharo
yojanayutayutam dig-vijaya uccatitah.

tasya—of Bali Maharaja; anucaritam—the narration; uparistat—
later (in the Eighth Canto); vistarisyate—will be explained; yasya—of
whom; bhagavan—the Supreme Personality of Godhead; svayam—per-
sonally; akhila-jagat-guruh—the master of all the three worlds;
nardyanah—the Supreme Lord, Narayana Himself; dvdri—at the gate;
gada-panih—bearing the club in His hand; avatisthate—stands; nija-
Jana-anukampita-hrdayah—whose heart is always filled with mercy for
His devotees; yena—by whom; arigusthena—by the big toe; pada—of
His foot; dasa-kandharah—Ravana, who had ten heads; yojana-ayuta-
ayutam—a distance of eighty thousand miles; dik-vijaye—for the pur-
pose of gaining victory over Bali Maharaja; uccdtitah—driven away.

TRANSLATION

Sukadeva Gosvami continued: My dear King, how shall I glorify
the character of Bali Maharaja? The Supreme Personality of
Godhead, the master of the three worlds, who is most compas-
sionate to His own devotee, stands with club in hand at Bali
Maharaja’s door. When Ravana, the powerful demon, came to gain
victory over Bali Maharaja, Vamanadeva kicked him a distance of
