Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.85.37
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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vibhūtibhiḥ
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with his opulences
Instrumental plural of vibhūti. Bali was the universal emperor before Vāmana; even in Sutala he retains royal wealth. The word vibhūti is the very category Bhagavān uses for His own opulences in BG 10.
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ātma-samarpaṇena
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by offering himself
Compound: ātman + samarpaṇa (giving fully). The capstone of upacāra. After all material offerings come ātma-nivedana — the ninth limb of bhakti (SB 7.5.23). Bali completes the cycle.
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sva-gotra-vitta
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the wealth of his own family
Compound: sva (own) + gotra (lineage) + vitta (wealth). Bali gives not only his personal possessions but his ancestral inheritance. Bhakti, when fully ripe, refuses to keep anything 'in the family'.
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tāmbūla-dīpa-amṛta-bhakṣaṇa-ādibhiḥ
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with betel, lamps, nectar-food, and so on
Long compound listing upacāras. The sixteen-fold worship is enacted in detail. Gauḍīyas inherit this template — sevā is concrete, sensual, and exhaustive, not abstract.
Bali Mahārāja’s devotional attitude is renowned as the perfect example of complete self-surrender. When Lord Viṣṇu in the guise of a young brāhmaṇa student approached him for charity, Bali offered all he possessed, and when he had nothing more to offer, he surrendered himself as the Supreme Lord’s eternal servant. There are nine standard processes of devotional service, and the last, ātma-samarpaṇam, as taught by Bali Daityarāja, is the culmination toward which every endeavor should aim. If one tries to impress the Lord with wealth, power, intelligence and so on but fails to humbly understand oneself to be His servant, one’s so-called devotion is only a presumptuous show.
He worshiped them in an extraordinary way (sam--arhayām āsa). That is described. Instead of sa tau sometimes sutau (the two sons) is seen. The wealth he offered is described. This included food like nectar such as sweet rice and drinks, or nectar and edibles, or fruit and betel nuts. Ādibhiḥ indicates jewel-studded cots. He offered everything including himself. Just as he had offered everything to Vāmana, he now offered everything to Kṛṣṇa, Svayam Bhagavān, since he did not see them as different.
He worshiped them in an extraordinary way (sam--arhayām āsa). The wealth (mahā-vibhūṭibhiḥ) he offered is described: priceless clothing, ornaments, fragrant sandalwood paste, betel nut, lamps, sumptuous food and so on. Or mahāvibhūtibhiḥ refers to umbrella and cāmara, which were his royal emblems. This included food like nectar such as sweet rice and drinks, or nectar and edibles, or fruit and betel nuts. Ādibhiḥ indicates jewel-studded cots. Then he offered his family with sons and wife (gotra) and his wealth (vitta) and his own body or soul (ātma), as the Lord’s property, with complete dependence on the Lord (sam- arpaṇena).
- What material expression of devotion is missing from my practice?
- Where am I keeping for myself what could be offered?
A king who has won the world once gave it all away to a child; now he gives it all away again. Bali's wealth, his ornaments, his food, his lamps — and finally his own self — go to Bhagavān as a single offering. The pattern of Vāmana repeats in miniature.
My note
Source: vedabase.io