Canto & Chapters
Withdrawal of the Cosmic Creations (24 Chapters)
Chapter 130v
Chapter 1
Chapter 230v
Chapter 2
Chapter 330v
Chapter 3
Chapter 430v
Chapter 4
Chapter 530v
Chapter 5
Chapter 630v
Chapter 6
Chapter 730v
Chapter 7
Chapter 830v
Chapter 8
Chapter 930v
Chapter 9
Chapter 1030v
Chapter 10
Chapter 1130v
Chapter 11
Chapter 1230v
Chapter 12
Chapter 1330v
Chapter 13
Chapter 1430v
Chapter 14
Chapter 1530v
Chapter 15
Chapter 1630v
Chapter 16
Chapter 1730v
Chapter 17
Chapter 1830v
Chapter 18
Chapter 1930v
Chapter 19
Chapter 2030v
Chapter 20
Chapter 2130v
Chapter 21
Chapter 2230v
Chapter 22
Chapter 2330v
Chapter 23
Chapter 2430v
Chapter 24
Canto 8, Chapter 6
Chapter 6
Verse 31 (SB 8.6.31)
SB 8.6.31 • मूल श्लोक
तत्त्वरोचत दैत्यस्य तत्रान्ये येऽसुराधिपा: । शम्बरोऽरिष्टनेमिश्च ये च त्रिपुरवासिन: ॥ ३१ ॥
Transliteration
tat tv arocata daityasya tatrānye ye ’surādhipāḥ śambaro ’riṣṭanemiś ca ye ca tripura-vāsinaḥ
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
tat — all those words; tu — but; arocata — were very pleasing; daityasya — to Bali Mahārāja; tatra — as well as; anye — others; ye — who were; asura-adhipāḥ — the chiefs of the asuras; śambaraḥ — Śambara; ariṣṭanemiḥ — Ariṣṭanemi; ca — also; ye — others who; ca — and; tripura-vāsinaḥ — all the residents of Tripura.
Translation
“The proposals submitted by King Indra were immediately accepted by Bali Mahārāja and his assistants, headed by Śambara and Ariṣṭanemi, and by all the other residents of Tripura.”
Bhaktivedanta Purport
By Śrīla PrabhupādaIt 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 Mahārāja 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 Viṣṇu, was on the side of the demigods because the demigods were His devotees, whereas the demons did not care about Lord Viṣṇu. All over the universe there are two parties — the Viṣṇu 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.