God-loving And God-fearing People

2009-11-16
Srimad Bhagavatam 08.06.29-31 - God-loving And God-fearing People (download mp3)
by Sukadeva Maharaja at ISKCON Chowpatty
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SB 8.6.29

te vairocanim asinam

guptam casura-yutha-paih

sriya paramaya justam

jitasesam upagaman

Translation: 

The demigods approached Bali Maharaja, the son of Virocana, and sat down near him. Bali Maharaja was protected by the commanders of the demons and was most opulent, having conquered all the universes.

SB 8.6.30

mahendrah slaksnaya vaca

santvayitva maha-matih

abhyabhasata tat sarvam

siksitam purusottamat

Translation: 

After pleasing Bali Maharaja with mild words, Lord Indra, the King of the demigods, who was most intelligent, very politely submitted all the proposals he had learned from the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Visnu.

SB 8.6.31

tat tv arocata daityasya

tatranye ye 'suradhipah

sambaro 'ristanemis ca

ye ca tripura-vasinah

Translation: 

The proposals submitted by King Indra were immediately accepted by Bali Maharaja and his assistants, headed by Sambara and Aristanemi, and by all the other residents of Tripura.

Purport: 

It appears from this verse that politics, diplomacy, the propensity to cheat, and everything that we find in this world in individual and social negotiations between two parties are also present in the upper planetary systems. The demigods went to Bali Maharaja with the proposal to manufacture nectar, and the Daityas, the demons, immediately accepted it, thinking that since the demigods were already weak, when the nectar was produced the demons would take it from them and use it for their own purposes. The demigods, of course, had similar intentions. The only difference is that the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Visnu, was on the side of the demigods because the demigods were His devotees, whereas the demons did not care about Lord Visnu. All over the universe there are two parties—the Visnu party, or God-conscious party, and the godless party. The godless party is never happy or victorious, but the God-conscious party is always happy and victorious.