Shloka 31
प्रलय-प्रक्रिया (Pralaya Process) — Guṇa-Withdrawal and Pratisaṃcara
तदनन्तर लक्ष्मीसे परित्यक्त होकर दैत्यराज बलिने कहा--'सूर्य जबतक पूर्वदिशामें प्रकाशित होंगे, तभीतक वे दक्षिण, पश्चिम और उत्तरदिशाको भी प्रकाशित करेंगे ।।
śakra uvāca — tad-anantaraṃ lakṣmyā parityaktaḥ daitya-rājaṃ balinaṃ uvāca— “sūryaḥ yāvat pūrva-diśi prakāśiṣyanti, tāvat te dakṣiṇāṃ paścimāṃ ca uttarāṃ ca diśam api prakāśayiṣyanti. tathā madhyaṃ-dine sūryaḥ na astam eti yadā tadā; punaḥ deva-asuraṃ yuddhaṃ bhāvi; jetā asmi vaḥ tadā.”
Sesudah itu, Lakṣmī—setelah meninggalkan Bali, raja para Daitya—berkata kepadanya: “Selama Matahari bersinar di arah timur, ia pun akan menerangi arah selatan, barat, dan utara. Dan bila pada tengah hari Matahari tidak lagi condong menuju terbenam, maka perang antara para dewa dan Asura akan bangkit kembali—dan pada saat itu aku akan menang atasmu.”
श॒क्र उवाच
Educational Q&A
Fortune and sovereignty are unstable: Lakṣmī can abandon even a mighty ruler. The verse frames this instability within cosmic regularity (the sun’s impartial illumination), implying that power shifts according to time and order, not mere strength.
In Śakra’s speech, the episode recalls Lakṣmī leaving Bali and a prophecy-like assurance that a future Deva–Asura conflict will arise again, in which Śakra declares he will be victorious.