Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 8 Chapter 15 Verse 29

Canto 8: Withdrawal of the Cosmic Creations | Chapter 15: Bali Mahārāja Conquers the Heavenly Planets

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.15.29

ojasvinaḿ baliḿ jetuḿ

na samartho 'sti kaścana

bhavad-vidho bhavān vāpi

varjayitveśvaraḿ harim

vijeṣyati na ko 'py enaḿ

brahma-tejaḥ-samedhitam

nāsya śaktaḥ puraḥ sthātuḿ

kṛtāntasya yathā janāḥ

SYNONYMS

ojasvinam — so powerful; balim — Bali Mahārāja; jetum — to conquer; na — not; samarthaḥ — able; asti — is; kaścana — anyone; bhavat-vidhaḥ — like you; bhavān — you yourself; vā api — either; varjayitvā — excepting; īśvaram — the supreme controller; harim — the Supreme Personality of Godhead; vijeṣyati — will conquer; na — not; kaḥ api — anyone; enam — him (Bali Mahārāja); brahma-tejaḥ-samedhitam — now empowered with brahma-tejas, extraordinary spiritual power; na — not; asya — of him; śaktaḥ — is able; puraḥ — in front; sthātum — to stay; kṛta-antasya — of Yamarāja; yathā — as; janāḥ — people.

TRANSLATION

Neither you nor your men can conquer the most powerful Bali. Indeed, no one but the Supreme Personality of Godhead can conquer him, for he is now equipped with the supreme spiritual power [brahma-tejas]. As no one can stand before Yamarāja, no one can now stand before Bali Mahārāja.

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