Chapter 15
ओजस्विनं बलिं जेतुं न समर्थोऽस्ति कश्चन । भवद्विधो भवान्वापि वर्जयित्वेश्वरं हरिम् । विजेष्यति न कोऽप्येनं ब्रह्मतेज:समेधितम् । नास्य शक्त: पुर: स्थातुं कृतान्तस्य यथा जना: ॥ २९ ॥
Transliteration
ojasvinaṁ baliṁ jetuṁ na samartho ’sti kaścana bhavad-vidho bhavān vāpi varjayitveśvaraṁ harimvijeṣyati na ko ’py enaṁ brahma-tejaḥ-samedhitam nāsya śaktaḥ puraḥ sthātuṁ kṛtāntasya yathā janāḥ
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
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.”