Text 5] | The Lord Begs Charity from Bali Maharaja 37
peccable reputation; prahraédah—Prahlada Maharaja; udbhati—arises;
yatha—as; udupah—the moon; khe—in the sky.
TRANSLATION

O King Bali, never in your dynasty has the low-minded king
been born who upon being requested has refused charity to
brahmanas in holy places or a fight to ksatriyas on a battlefield.
And your dynasty is even more glorious due to the presence of
Prahlada Maharaja, who is like the beautiful moon in the sky.

PURPORT

The symptoms of a ksatriya are given in Bhagavad-gitda. One of the
qualifications is the willingness to give charity (dana). A ksatriya does
not refuse to give charity when requested by a brahmana, nor can he
refuse to fight another ksatriya. A king who does refuse is called low-
minded. In the dynasty of Bali Maharaja there were no such low-minded
kings.

TEXT 5
am wat ReaTaas eat AE |
seat fase afeqa aga: 14 II
yato jato hiranyaksas
carann eka imam mahim
prativiram dig-vijaye
ndvindata gadayudhah

yatah—in which dynasty; jatah —was born; hiranyadksah—the king
named Hiranyaksa; caran—wandering; ekah—alone; imam—this;
mahim—surface of the globe; prativiram—a rival hero; dik-vijaye—for
conquering all directions; na avindata—could not get; gada-ayudhah—
bearing his own club.

TRANSLATION

It was in your dynasty that Hiranyaksa was born. Carrying only
his own club, he wandered the globe alone, without assistance, to
conquer all directions, and no hero he met could rival him.
