SB 8.22.36 · Srimad-Bhagavatam

Devanagari

तत्र दानवदैत्यानां सङ्गात्ते भाव आसुर: । द‍ृष्ट्वा मदनुभावं वै सद्य: कुण्ठो विनङ्‌क्ष्यति ॥ ३६ ॥

Verse text

tatra dānava-daityānāṁ saṅgāt te bhāva āsuraḥ dṛṣṭvā mad-anubhāvaṁ vai sadyaḥ kuṇṭho vinaṅkṣyati

Synonyms

tatra — in that place ; dānava — daityānām — of the demons and the Dānavas ; saṅgāt — because of the association ; te — your ; bhāvaḥ — mentality ; āsuraḥ — demoniac ; dṛṣṭvā — by observing ; mat — anubhāvam — My superexcellent power ; vai — indeed ; sadyaḥ — immediately ; kuṇṭhaḥ — anxiety ; vinaṅkṣyati — will be destroyed .

Translation

Because there you will see My supreme prowess, your materialistic ideas and anxieties that have arisen from your association with the demons and Dānavas will immediately be vanquished.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

Because you will see my supreme prowess in that place, the anxiety of a adopting a demonic mentality from your association with the demons will immediately be vanquished. Do not fear bad association. By association with a devotee like you, the demons will become devotees. Thus ends the commentary on the Twenty-second Chapter of the Eighth Canto of the Bhāgavatam for the pleasure of the devotees, in accordance with the previous ācāryas. Chapter Twenty-three Prahlāda Goes to Sutala

Purport

The Lord assured Bali Mahārāja of all protection, and finally the Lord assured him of protection from the effects of bad association with the demons. Bali Mahārāja certainly became an exalted devotee, but he was somewhat anxious because his association was not purely devotional. The Supreme Personality of Godhead therefore assured him that his demoniac mentality would be annihilated. In other words, by the association of devotees, the demoniac mentality is vanquished. satāṁ prasaṅgān mama vīrya-saṁvido bhavanti hṛt-karṇa-rasāyanāḥ kathāḥ ( Bhāg. 3.25.25 ) When a demon associates with devotees engaged in glorifying the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he gradually becomes a pure devotee. Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Eighth Canto, Twenty-second Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled “Bali Mahārāja Surrenders His Life.”