I send ignorant thieves who want to ascend to Svarga or beyond and want to control Maharloka by creating illusions to planets lower than their previous residence.
I send ignorant thieves who want to ascend to Svarga or beyond and want to control Maharloka by creating illusions to planets lower than their previous residence.
Those who desire to surpass even Svarga and desire to control Mahaloka or higher planets I send lower than their previous planet Rasātala (Bali’s residence.)
|| 8.11.6 ||
so 'haṁ durmāyinas te 'dya
vajreṇa śata-parvaṇā
śiro hariṣye mandātman
ghaṭasva jñātibhiḥ saha
O fool! Today, with my thunderbolt, which has hundreds of sharp edges, I, shall sever your head from your body, in spite of your faulty tricks. Endeavor further with your relatives.
|| 8.11.7 ||
śrī-balir uvāca
saṅgrāme vartamānānāṁ
kāla-codita-karmaṇām
kīrtir jayo 'jayo mṛtyuḥ
sarveṣāṁ syur anukramāt
Bali said: Victory, fame, defeat and death follow one after another for all those present on the battlefield under the influence of karma instigated by time.
From victory comes fame and from defeat comes death.
|| 8.11.8 ||
tad idaṁ kāla-raśanaṁ
jagat paśyanti sūrayaḥ
na hṛṣyanti na śocanti
tatra yūyam apaṇḍitāḥ
The sages understand that the universe is bound up by time and do not rejoice or lament. You devatās are ignorant of such things.
Kāla-raśanam means bound by time. They see the universe bound by time and thus do not rejoice or lament.
|| 8.11.9 ||
na vayaṁ manyamānānām
ātmānaṁ tatra sādhanam
giro vaḥ sādhu-śocyānāṁ
gṛhṇīmo marma-tāḍanāḥ
We do not accept the words which afflict the heart, since they are spoken persons who are condemned by the virtuous, who think that they are the cause of their attaining fame and victory.
You think that you are the cause of victory and defeat (tatra), because of pride and ignorance. Just as you, though living, are condemned by the virtuous, we, though dead, will not be criticized.
|| 8.11.10 ||
śrī-śuka uvāca
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