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Canto 8 · Chapter 15: Bali Mahārāja Conquers the Heavenly Planets
8.15.68.15.8-9

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam · Text 8.15.7

Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devotees
Who is speaking and story frame
Speaking:Śukadeva Gosvāmīsince 8.15.3inside 2 frames: Sūta Gosvāmī → the sages at NaimiṣāraṇyaŚukadeva Gosvāmī → King Parīkṣit

एवं स विप्रार्जितयोधनार्थ-

स्तै: कल्पितस्वस्त्ययनोऽथ विप्रान् ।

प्रदक्षिणीकृत्य कृतप्रणाम:

प्रह्लादमामन्‍त्र्य नमश्चकार ॥ ७ ॥

evaṁ sa viprārjita-yodhanārthas

taiḥ kalpita-svastyayano ’tha viprān

pradakṣiṇī-kṛtya kṛta-praṇāmaḥ

prahrādam āmantrya namaś-cakāra

Translation

When Mahārāja Bali had thus performed the special ritualistic ceremony advised by the brāhmaṇas and had received, by their grace, the equipment for fighting, he circumambulated the brāhmaṇas and offered them obeisances. He also saluted Prahlāda Mahārāja and offered obeisances to him.

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  1. 1

    Bali Mahārāja performed the special ritualistic ceremony advised by the brāhmaṇas.

  2. 2

    Having received fighting equipment by their grace, he circumambulated the brāhmaṇas and offered them obeisances.

  3. 3

    He also saluted Prahlāda Mahārāja and offered obeisances to him.

How it feels

Loss and hope → Revelation. A shift in fortune sets up a spiritual test.

Chapters 15–18 of Canto 8: Bali, Aditi and Vāmana's appearance. An editorial reading of the story's mood, not the text itself. See the emotional arc

Further reading

Chapter 15: Bali Mahārāja Conquers the Heavenly Planets

From the chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Bali Mahārāja, after offering obeisances to Prahlāda, the brāhmaṇas and his spiritual master, Śukrācārya, equipped himself to fight with Indra and went to Indrapurī with his soldiers. Blowing his conchshell, he attacked the outskirts of Indra’s kingdom.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in chapter 8.15
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Word for word

Learn the Sanskrit words of the verse.

  1. evamin this way
  2. saḥhe (Bali Mahārāja)
  3. vipra-arjitagained by the grace of the brāhmaṇas
  4. yodhana-arthaḥpossessing equipment for fighting
  5. taiḥby them (the brāhmaṇas)
  6. kalpitaadvice
  7. svastyayanaḥritualistic performance
  8. athaas
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Key ideas in this verse

The subject this verse serves and the themes it speaks of.

  • Īśānukathā · The science of God

    Who is the Lord, and how do His devotees live? · Subject 7 of 10

  • Kṛpā · Divine mercy

    Grace received beyond material calculations. · Theme in SB 8.15

    In this verse: “grace”

Chapter themes come from the story phase this chapter belongs to.

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Connected stories

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Found where this verse or Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport names them. See all of chapter 8.15's connections

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