SB 1.12.25

धृत्या बलिसमः कृष्णे प्रह्राद इव सद्ग्रहः ।
आहर्तैषोऽश्वमेधानां वृद्धानां पर्युपासकः ॥ २५ ॥
dhṛtyā bali-samaḥ kṛṣṇe prahrāda iva sad-grahaḥ
āhartaiṣo’śvamedhānāṁ vṛddhānāṁ paryupāsakaḥ

Synonyms

dhṛtyā — by way of fortitude [dhairyeṇa65]; eṣaḥ — he; [will be (bhaviṣyati)66]; bali-samaḥ — equal to Bali; sat-grahaḥ — [and] in devotional absorption [san bhadro graho’bhiniveṣo yasya saḥ]; kṛṣṇe — in Kṛṣṇa; prahrāda iva — like Prahlāda; āhartā67 — [he will be] a performer [(kartā); (anuṣṭhātā)68]; aśvamedhānām — of horse sacrifices; paryupāsakaḥ — [and] a caretaker; vṛddhānām — of the elderly [or a servant of those advanced in wisdom (jñāna-vṛddhānāṁ paryupāsakaḥ sevakaḥ)69].

Translation

By way of fortitude, he will be equal to Bali, and in devotional absorption in Kṛṣṇa, like Prahlāda. He will conduct horse sacrifices and be a caretaker of the elderly.

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