230 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 8, Ch. 6
drstvarin apy asamyattan
Jata-ksobhan sva-nayakan
nyasedhad daitya-rat slokyah
sandhi-vigraha-kdlavit

drstva—observing; arin —the enemies; api—although; asariyattan—
without any endeavor to fight; jata-ksobhan—who became agitated; sva-
nayakadn—his own captains and commanders; nyasedhat—prevented;
daitya-rat—the Emperor of the Daityas, Maharaja Bali; slokyah—very
respectable and prominent; sandhi—for making negotiations; vigraha—
as well as for fighting; kala—the time; vit—completely aware of.

TRANSLATION

Maharaja Bali, a most celebrated king of the demons, knew very
well when to make peace and when to fight. Thus although his
commanders and captains were agitated and were about to kill the
demigods, Maharaja Bali, seeing that the demigods were coming to
him without a militant attitude, forbade his commanders to kill
them.

PURPORT

Vedic etiquette enjoins: grhe satrum api prdptam visvastam
akutobhayam. When enemies come to their opponent’s place, they
should be received in such a way that they will forget that there is
animosity between the two parties. Bali Maharaja was well conversant
with the arts of peacemaking and fighting. Thus he received the
demigods very well, although his commanders and captains were agi-
tated. This kind of treatment was prevalent even during the fight be-
tween the Pandavas and the Kurus. During the day, the Pandavas and
Kurus would fight with the utmost strength, and when the day was over
they would go to each other’s camps as friends and be received as such.
During such friendly meetings, one enemy would offer anything the
other enemy wanted. That was the system.

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