Canto 8: Withdrawal of the Cosmic CreationsChapter 21: Bali Mahārāja Arrested by the Lord

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 8.21.24

etān vayaḿ vijeṣyāmo

yadi daivaḿ prasīdati

tasmāt kālaḿ pratīkṣadhvaḿ

yo no 'rthatvāya kalpate

SYNONYMS

etān — all these soldiers of the demigods; vayam — we; vijeṣyāmaḥ — shall gain victory over them; yadi — if; daivam — providence; prasīdati — is in favor; tasmāt — therefore; kālam — that favorable time; pratīkṣadhvam — wait until; yaḥ — which; naḥ — our; arthatvāya kalpate — should be considered in our favor.

TRANSLATION

Unless providence is in our favor, we shall not be able to gain victory. Therefore we must wait for that favorable time when our defeating them will be possible.

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