न वै भगवान्नूनममुष्यानुजग्राह यदुत पुनरात्मानुस्मृतिमोषणं मायामयभोगैश्वर्यमेवातनुतेति ॥ २२ ॥
na vai bhagavan nunam amusyanujagraha yad uta punar atmanusmrti-mosanam mayamaya-bhogaisvaryam evatanuteti.
- na
- not
- vai
- indeed
- bhagavan
- the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- nunam
- certainly
- amusya
- unto Bali Maharaja
- anujagraha
- showed His favor
- yat
- because
- uta
- certainly
- punah
- again
- atma-anusmrti
- of remembrance of the Supreme Personality of Godhead
- mosanam
- which robs one
- maya-maya
- an attribute of Maya
- bhoga-aisvaryam
- the material opulence
- eva
- certainly
- atanuta
- extended
- iti
- thus.
The Supreme Personality of Godhead did not award His mercy to Bali Maharaja by giving him material happiness and opulence, for these make one forget loving service to the Lord. The result of material opulence is that one can no longer absorb his mind in the Supreme Personality of Godhead.