172 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 8, Ch. 22
TEXT 16
MT Taq
ata zd Teneaafid
gi aaa ala ataaq |
wy AAT FI Tay
frethaat afta mere U2 &
$ri-prahrada uvaca
tvayaiva dattam padam aindram initam
hrtam tad evadya tathaiva sobhanam
manye mahdan asya krto hy anugraho
vibhramsito yac chriya Gtma-mohanat
$ri-prahradah uvaca —Prahlada Maharaja said; tuaya—by Your Lord-
ship; eva—indeed; dattam—which had been given; padam—this posi-
tion; aindram—of the King of heaven; anitam—very, very great;
hrtam—has been taken away; tat—that; eva—indeed; adya—today;
tatha—as; eva—indeed; sobhanam—beautiful; manye—I consider;
mahan—very great; asya—of him (Bali Maharaja); krtah—has been
done by You; hi—indeed; anugrahah—mercy; vibhrarmsitah—being
bereft of; yat—because; sriyah—from that opulence; atma-mohanat—
which was covering the process of self-realization.
TRANSLATION
Prahlada Maharaja said: My Lord, it is Your Lordship who gave
this Bali the very great opulence of the post of heavenly king, and
now, today, it is You who have taken it all away. I think You have
acted with equal beauty in both ways. Because his exalted position
as King of heaven was putting him in the darkness of ignorance,
You have done him a very merciful favor by taking away all his
opulence.
PURPORT
As it is said, yasyaham anugrhnami harisye tad-dhanam Sanaih
(Bhég. 10.88.8). It is by the mercy of the Lord that one gets all material
