Text 36] Bali Maharaja Surrenders His Life 193
PURPORT

The Lord assured Bali Maharaja of all protection, and finally the Lord
assured him of protection from the effects of bad association with the
demons. Bali Maharaja certainly became an exalted devotee, but he was
somewhat anxious because his association was not purely devotional. The
Supreme Personality of Godhead therefore assured him that his
demoniac mentality would be annihilated. In other words, by the asso-
ciation of devotees, the demoniac mentality is vanquished.

satam prasangan mama virya-sarvido
bhavanti hrt-karna-rasayanah kathah
(Bhag. 3.25.25)

When a demon associates with devotees engaged in glorifying the
Supreme Personality of Godhead, he gradually becomes a pure devotee.

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Eighth Canto, Twenty-
second Chapter, of the Srimad-Bhagavatam, entitled “Bali Maharaja
Surrenders His Life.”
