Srimad Bhagavatam — Ashtama Skandha, Shloka 1
Deva–Asura Battle after the Nectar; Bali’s Illusions and Hari’s Intervention
श्रीशुक उवाच इति दानवदैतेया नाविन्दन्नमृतं नृप । युक्ता: कर्मणि यत्ताश्च वासुदेवपराङ्मुखा: ॥ १ ॥
śrī-śuka uvāca iti dānava-daiteyā nāvindann amṛtaṁ nṛpa yuktāḥ karmaṇi yattāś ca vāsudeva-parāṅmukhāḥ
ရှုကဒೇವ ဂိုစွာမီက မိန့်ကြားသည်—အို မင်းကြီး၊ ဒာနဝနှင့် ဒိုင်တျတို့သည် သမုဒ္ဒရ မန်ထန ကိစ္စ၌ အပြည့်အဝ ကြိုးစားခဲ့သော်လည်း ဝါစုဒေဝ (သီရိကృష్ణ) ထံမှ မျက်နှာလွှဲထားသဖြင့် အမృతကို မရခဲ့ကြ။
FAQs
Because they were vāsudeva-parāṅmukha—averse to Vāsudeva—so despite intense effort in the churning-related work, they were not granted the nectar.
To highlight that mere endeavor or ritual labor is insufficient without devotion and right orientation toward the Supreme Lord, a central theme Parīkṣit seeks to understand before death.
It teaches that success without God-centered intention can still leave one spiritually empty; align work with remembrance, humility, and devotion to Vāsudeva for lasting benefit.