Text 15] Bali Maharaja Surrenders the Universe 111
TEXT 15
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HORTA AT TRAM TITAN PATIL
drdham pandita-many ajniah
stabdho ’sy asmad-upeksaya
mac-chasandatigo yas tvam
acirad bhrasyase sriyah

drdham—so firmly convinced or fixed in your decision; pandita-
m4ani—considering yourself very learned; ajfiah—at the same time
foolish; stabdhah—impudent; asi—you have become; asmat—of us;
upeksaya—by disregarding; mat-Sdsana-atigah—surpassing the
jurisdiction of my administration; yah—such a person (as you); tuam—
yourself; acirét—very soon; bhrasyase—will fall down; sriyah—from
all opulence.

TRANSLATION

Although you have no knowledge, you have become a so-called
learned person, and therefore you dare be so impudent as to dis-
obey my order. Because of disobeying me, you shall very soon be
bereft of all your opulence.

PURPORT

Srila Vigvanatha Cakravarti Thakura says that Bali Maharaja was not
pandita-mani, or one who falsely assumes himself learned; rather, he
was pandita-manya-jnah, one who is so learned that all other learned
persons worship him. And because he was so learned, he could disobey
the order of his so-called spiritual master. He had no fear of any condi-
tion of material existence. Anyone cared for by Lord Visnu does not need
to care about anyone else. Thus Bali Maharaja could never be bereft of all
opulences. The opulences offered by the Supreme Personality of
Godhead are not to be compared to the opulences obtained by karma-
kanda. In other words, if a devotee becomes very opulent, it is to be un-
derstood that his opulence is a gift of the Supreme Personality of
Godhead. Such opulence will never be vanquished, whereas the opulence
achieved by one’s fruitive activity may be vanquished at any moment.
