विश त्वं निरयं तस्माद्गुरुणा चानुमोदितः ॥३२॥
pratiÅ›rutam adÄtus te
niraye vÄsa iá¹£yate
viÅ›a tvaá¹ nirayaá¹ tasmÄd
guruá¹‡Ä cÄnumoditaḥ
pratiÅ›rutam - what had been promised; adÄtuḥ - who could not give; te - of you; niraye - in hell; vÄsaḥ - residence; iá¹£yate - prescribed; viÅ›a - now enter; tvam - yourself; nirayam - the hellish planet; tasmÄt - therefore; guruá¹‡Ä - by your spiritual master; ca - also; anumoditaḥ - approved.
Because you have been unable to give charity according to your promise, the rule is that you should go down to live in the hellish planets. Therefore, in accordance with the order of ÅšukrÄcÄrya, your spiritual master, now go down and live there.
It is said:
nÄrÄyaṇa-parÄḥ sarve
na kutaścana bibhyati
svargÄpavarga-narakeá¹£v
api tulyÄrtha-darÅ›inaḥ
“Devotees solely engaged in the devotional service of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, NÄrÄyaṇa, never fear any condition of life. For them the heavenly planets, liberation and the hellish planets are all the same, for such devotees are interested only in the service of the Lord.†(BhÄg. 6.17.28) A devotee engaged in the service of NÄrÄyaṇa is always in equilibrium. A devotee actually lives transcendentally. Although he may appear to have gone to hell or heaven, he does not live in either place; rather, he always lives in Vaikuṇá¹ha (sa guṇÄn samatÄ«tyaitÄn brahma-bhÅ«yÄya kalpate). VÄmanadeva asked Bali MahÄrÄja to go to the hellish planets, apparently just to show the entire universe how tolerant he was, and Bali MahÄrÄja did not hesitate to carry out the order. A devotee does not live alone. Of course, everyone lives with the Supreme Personality of Godhead, but because the devotee is engaged in His service, he actually does not live in any material condition. Bhaktivinoda ṬhÄkura says, kÄ«á¹a janma hao yathÄ tuyÄ dÄsa. Thus he prays to take birth as an insignificant insect in the association of devotees. Because devotees are engaged in the service of the Lord, anyone who lives with them also lives in Vaikuṇá¹ha.
