SB 8.15.29 · Srimad Bhagavatam

Devanagari

ओजस्विनं बलिं जेतुं न समर्थोऽस्ति कश्चन ।

भवद्विधो भवान्वापि वर्जयित्वेश्वरं हरिम् ।

विजेष्यति न कोऽप्येनं ब्रह्मतेज:समेधितम् ।

नास्य शक्त: पुर: स्थातुं कृतान्तस्य यथा जना: ॥ २९ ॥

Verse text

ojasvinaṁ baliṁ jetuṁ

na samartho ’sti kaścana

bhavad-vidho bhavān vāpi

varjayitveśvaraṁ harim

vijeṣyati na ko ’py enaṁ

brahma-tejaḥ-samedhitam

nāsya śaktaḥ puraḥ sthātuṁ

kṛtāntasya yathā janāḥ

Synonyms

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.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

Neither you nor anyone like you can conquer the most powerful Bali. Indeed, no one but the Supreme Lord can conquer him, for he is now equipped with the power of brāhmaṇas. Just as no one can stand before Yamarāja, no one can now stand before Bali. “Shall I go out and fight with him now or not?” He answers with this verse.