Chapter 22
क्षीणरिक्थश्च्युत: स्थानात् क्षिप्तो बद्धश्च शत्रुभि: । ज्ञातिभिश्च परित्यक्तो यातनामनुयापित: ॥ २९ ॥ गुरुणा भर्त्सित: शप्तो जहौ सत्यं न सुव्रत: । छलैरुक्तो मया धर्मो नायं त्यजति सत्यवाक् ॥ ३० ॥
Transliteration
kṣīṇa-rikthaś cyutaḥ sthānāt kṣipto baddhaś ca śatrubhiḥ jñātibhiś ca parityakto yātanām anuyāpitaḥguruṇā bhartsitaḥ śapto jahau satyaṁ na suvrataḥ chalair ukto mayā dharmo nāyaṁ tyajati satya-vāk
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
kṣīṇa-rikthaḥ — although bereft of all riches; cyutaḥ — fallen; sthānāt — from his superior position; kṣiptaḥ — forcefully thrown away; baddhaḥ ca — and forcefully bound; śatrubhiḥ — by his enemies; jñātibhiḥ ca — and by his family members or relatives; parityaktaḥ — deserted; yātanām — all kinds of suffering; anuyāpitaḥ — unusually severely suffered; guruṇā — by his spiritual master; bhartsitaḥ — rebuked; śaptaḥ — and cursed; jahau — gave up; satyam — truthfulness; na — not; su-vrataḥ — being fixed in his vow; chalaiḥ — pretentiously; uktaḥ — spoken; mayā — by Me; dharmaḥ — the religious principles; na — not; ayam — this Bali Mahārāja; tyajati — does give up; satya-vāk — being true to his word.
Translation
“Although bereft of his riches, fallen from his original position, defeated and arrested by his enemies, rebuked and deserted by his relatives and friends, although suffering the pain of being bound and although rebuked and cursed by his spiritual master, Bali Mahārāja, being fixed in his vow, did not give up his truthfulness. It was certainly with pretension that I spoke about religious principles, but he did not give up religious principles, for he is true to his word.”