204 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 8, Ch. 15
TRANSLATION
Therefore, waiting until the situation of your enemies is
reversed, you should all leave this heavenly planet and go
elsewhere, where you will not be seen.
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esa vipra-balodarkah
sampraty irjita-vikramah
tesam evapamanena
sanubandho vinariksyati
esah—this (Bali Maharaja); vipra-bala-udarkah—flourishing because
of the brahminical power invested in him; samprati—at the present
moment; drjita-vikramah—extremely powerful; tesam—of the same
brahmanas; eva—indeed; apamdnena—by insult; sa-anubandhah—
with friends and assistants; vinarksyati—will be vanquished.
TRANSLATION
Bali Maharaja has now become extremely powerful because of
the benedictions given him by the brahmanas, but when he later
insults the brahmanas, he will be vanquished, along with his
friends and assistants.
PURPORT
Bali Maharaja and Indra were enemies. Therefore, when Brhaspati,
the spiritual master of the demigods, predicted that Bali Maharaja would
be vanquished when he insulted the brahmanas by whose grace he had
become so powerful, Bali Maharaja’s enemies were naturally anxious to
know when that opportune moment would come. To pacify King Indra,
Brhaspati assured him that the time would certainly come, for Brhaspati
could see that in the future Bali Maharaja would defy the orders of
Sukracarya in order to pacify Lord Visnu, Vamanadeva. Of course, to ad-
vance in Krsna consciousness, one can take all risks. To please
