durdharṣatvasya mad-ripoḥ

durdharṣatvasya mad-ripoḥ

ojaḥ saho balaṁ tejo

yata etat samudyamaḥ

Kindly tell me the cause by which the enemy has power of senses, mind and body which produces intolerable enthusiasm?

Tell me cause by which he has strength of senses, mind and body, from which he has become enthusiastic.

|| 8.15.28 ||

śrī-gurur uvāca

jānāmi maghavañ chatror

unnater asya kāraṇam

śiṣyāyopabhṛtaṁ tejo

bhṛgubhir brahma-vādibhiḥ

Bṛhaspati said: O Indra! I know the cause for your enemy's becoming so powerful. The brāhmaṇa descendants of Bhṛgu endowed their student with their power.

The brāhmaṇas gave as an exchange their own powers to Bali, who had offered to them everything out of extreme devotion and faith. Thus it was their power, not Bali’s. Therefore it is difficult for you to counteract it. We are not less powerful than them. If we become pleased with your devotion and faith, you will become immediately full of our power and will be able to defeat him. This hint is given by the verse.

|| 8.15.29 ||

ojasvinaṁ baliṁ jetuṁ

na samartho 'sti kaścana

bhavad-vidho bhavān vāpi

varjayitveśvaraṁ harim

vijeṣyati na ko 'py enaṁ

brahma-tejaḥ-samedhitam

nāsya śaktaḥ puraḥ sthātuṁ

kṛtāntasya yathā janāḥ

Neither you nor anyone like you can conquer the most powerful Bali. Indeed, no one but the Supreme Lord can conquer him, for he is now equipped with the power of brāhmaṇas. Just as no one can stand before Yamarāja, no one can now stand before Bali.

“Shall I go out and fight with him now or not?” He answers with this verse.

|| 8.15.30 ||

tasmān nilayam utsṛjya

yūyaṁ sarve tri-viṣṭapam

yāta kālaṁ pratīkṣanto

yataḥ śatror viparyayaḥ