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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 8.22.36

తత్ర దానవదైత్యానాం సఙ్గాత్తే భావ ఆసుర: । ద‍ృష్ట్వా మదనుభావం వై సద్య: కుణ్ఠో వినఙ్‌క్ష్యతి ॥ ౩౬ ॥
tatra dānava-daityānāṁ
[tatra daanava-daityaanaam]
saṅgāt te bhāva āsuraḥ
[sangaat te bhaava aasurah]
dṛṣṭvā mad-anubhāvaṁ vai
[drishtvaa mad-anubhaavam vai]
sadyaḥ kuṇṭho vinaṅkṣyati
[sadyah kuntho vinankshyati]
tatra — in that place dānava-daityānām — of the demons and the Dānavas saṅgāt — because of the association te — your bhāvaḥ — mentality āsuraḥ — demoniac dṛṣṭvā — by observing mat-anubhāvam — My superexcellent power vai — indeed sadyaḥ — immediately kuṇṭhaḥ — anxiety vinaṅkṣyati — will be destroyed.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
tatra dānava-daityānāṁ
tatra
in that place
dānava-daityānām
of the demons and the Dānavas
saṅgāt te bhāva āsuraḥ
saṅgāt
because of the association
te
your
bhāvaḥ
mentality
āsuraḥ
demoniac
dṛṣṭvā mad-anubhāvaṁ vai
dṛṣṭvā
by observing
mat-anubhāvam
My superexcellent power
vai
indeed
sadyaḥ kuṇṭho vinaṅkṣyati
sadyaḥ
immediately
kuṇṭhaḥ
anxiety
vinaṅkṣyati
will be destroyed.
Because there you will see My supreme prowess, your materialistic ideas and anxieties that have arisen from your association with the demons and Dānavas will immediately be vanquished.

The Lord assured Bali Mahārāja of all protection, and finally the Lord assured him of protection from the effects of bad association with the demons. Bali Mahārāja certainly became an exalted devotee, but he was somewhat anxious because his association was not purely devotional. The Supreme Personality of Godhead therefore assured him that his demoniac mentality would be annihilated. In other words, by the association of devotees, the demoniac mentality is vanquished.

satāṁ prasaṅgān mama vīrya-saṁvido bhavanti hṛt-karṇa-rasāyanāḥ kathāḥ

( Bhāg. 3.25.25 )

When a demon associates with devotees engaged in glorifying the Supreme Personality of Godhead, he gradually becomes a pure devotee.

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports of the Eighth Canto, Twenty-second Chapter, of the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, entitled “Bali Mahārāja Surrenders His Life.”

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Because you will see my supreme prowess in that place, the anxiety of a adopting a demonic mentality from your association with the demons will immediately be vanquished. Do not fear bad association. By association with a devotee like you, the demons will become devotees. Thus ends the commentary on the Twenty-second Chapter of the Eighth Canto of the Bhāgavatam for the pleasure of the devotees, in accordance with the previous ācāryas. Chapter Twenty-three Prahlāda Goes to Sutala
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