Text 11] Bali Maharaja Surrenders His Life 167

TEXT 11
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OGaeataaala sad
Ta Heya «TTT

athaham apy atma-ripos tavantikam
daivena nitah prasabham tyajita-srih

idam krtantantika-varti jivitam
yayddhruvam stabdha-matir na budhyate

atha—therefore; aham—I; api—also; atma-ripoh—who are the tra-
ditional enemy of the family; tava—of Your good self; antikam—the
shelter; daivena—by providence; nitah—brought in; prasabham—by
force; tyajita—bereft of; srih—all opulence; idam—this philosophy of
life; krta-anta-antika-varti—always given the facility for death;
Jivitam—the duration of life; yaya—by such material opulence;
adhruvam—as temporary; stabdha-matih—such an unintelligent per-
son; na budhyate—cannot understand.

TRANSLATION

Only by providence have I been forcibly brought under Your
lotus feet and deprived of all my opulence. Because of the illusion
created by temporary opulence, people in general, who live under
material conditions, facing accidental death at every moment, do
not understand that this life is temporary. Only by providence
have I been saved from that condition.

PURPORT

Bali Maharaja appreciated the actions of the Supreme Personality of
Godhead, although all the members of the demoniac families except
Prahlada Maharaja and Bali Maharaja considered Visnu their eternal tra-
ditional enemy. As described by Bali Maharaja, Lord Visnu was actually
not the enemy of the family but the best friend of the family. The prin-
ciple of this friendship has already been stated. Yasyaham anugrhnami
