Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.41.14
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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baliḥ
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King Bali
Nominative. The Daitya emperor who surrendered everything to Vāmana. Gauḍīyas count Bali among the twelve mahājanas (SB 6.3.20) — devotion proven not by birth but by act.
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ekāntinām
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of the unalloyed devotees
Genitive plural of ekāntin — one who is exclusively dedicated. The Gauḍīya technical term for ananya-bhakti. The gati of ekāntins is Vaikuṇṭha, or higher — for Kṛṣṇa's ekāntins, Goloka.
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avanijya
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bathing
Absolutive of ava + √nij — to wash down. The verb of pāda-prakṣālana. The single act named here is the foundation of Bali's entire promotion. Bhakti's grammar: one small act on Bhagavān's feet outranks vast karma-kāṇḍa.
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ślokyaḥ
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glorious, worthy of being sung
From śloka (verse, fame-song). Bali became one whose name is sung in verses — exactly the destiny the Bhāgavatam itself confers by recording him. The text enacts what it predicts.
"Bali Maharaja, by washing your feet, attained a position of great fame (slokya). He attained unequalled power and the destination of the pure devotees."
This is not empty praise. One can see the results. Or Kṛṣṇa may say “Then just take some dust or water from my feet to your houses.” I desire to wash your feet just as Bali did. Bali was the best among those with good qualities since he is praised by Vyāsa and others. He attained powers unobtainable by Indra and what is attained by the greatest devotees. In this world the Lord became his doorkeeper.
Bali bathed two small feet and gained three worlds — the cosmic exchange-rate of bhakti. A single act of pāda-pūjā outweighs every empire he had ever conquered, because the feet were the Lord's.
When Vāmana, the dwarf-brāhmaṇa avatāra, came to Bali's sacrificial arena and asked for three paces of land (SB 8.18-22), Bali — against Śukrācārya's warning — washed Vāmana's feet and poured the water on his own head. With two steps the Lord covered the universe; for the third, Bali offered his own head.
The result, recorded right here in verse 14: glory, unequaled power, and finally gati ekāntinām — the destination of pure devotees. Akrūra uses Bali as precedent: 'Let me also bathe Your feet, Lord, and the rest will follow.'
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