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.”
Depois, quando Lakṣmī o abandonou, falou a Bali, rei dos Daityas: “Enquanto o Sol brilhar no quadrante do oriente, também iluminará o sul, o ocidente e o norte. E quando, ao meio-dia, o Sol já não se puser, então tornará a surgir uma guerra entre deuses e Asuras—e nesse tempo eu serei a vencedora sobre ti.”
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.