darśanaḿ vāḿ hi bhūtānāḿ
duṣprāpaḿ cāpy adurlabham
rajas-tamaḥ-svabhāvānāḿ
yan naḥ prāptau yadṛcchayā
darsanam -- the vision; vam -- of You two; hi -- indeed; bhutanam -- for living beings in general; dushprapam -- rarely achieved; ca api -- yet still; adurlabham -- not difficult to obtain; rajah -- in passion; tamah -- and ignorance; svabhavanam -- for those whose natures; yat -- in that; nah -- by us; praptau -- obtained; yadricchaya -- causelessly.
Seeing You Lords is a rare achievement for most living beings. But even persons like us, situated in the modes of passion and ignorance, can easily see You when You reveal Yourself by Your own sweet will.
By ascribing to himself the degraded status of a demoniac birth, Bali Maharaja denied any spiritual qualification for being visited by Krishna and Balarama. What to speak of demons like himself, Bali thought, even advanced renunciants on the paths of jnana and yoga fail to please the Lord when they do not give up their pride and envy.
