Shloka 79
धर्मस्य बहुद्वारत्वम् — Nārada’s Audience with Indra (Śānti-parva 340)
विरोचनस्य बलवान् बलि: पुत्रो महासुर:
virocanasya balavān baliḥ putro mahāsuraḥ |
ພີສະມະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ແກ່ ວິໂຣຈະນະ ຈະມີບຸດຜູ້ມີພະລັງອັນແກ່ກ້າ—ບາລິ ມະຫາອະສຸຣະ—ແລະຈະໂດ່ງດັງດ້ວຍນາມນັ້ນ. ແມ່ນແຕ່ໂລກທັງປວງ ຮວມທັງເທວະ, ອະສຸຣະ, ແລະ ຣາກສະສະ ກໍຈະບໍ່ອາດຂ້າເຂົາໄດ້; ແລະເຂົາຈະຂັບ ອິນທຣະ ລົງຈາກອຳນາດ»។
(भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights the instability of worldly sovereignty and the cosmic contest over power: even Indra’s rule can be overturned when a being of extraordinary might arises. It implicitly frames kingship as contingent and subject to larger moral-cosmic forces rather than mere entitlement.
Bhīṣma foretells the birth of Bali, the powerful son of Virocana, describing his near-invincibility and his future act of displacing Indra from rulership, situating Bali within the broader Deva–Asura struggle for dominion.