Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 8 - Chapter 1 - Verse 48

Sanskrit:

बलिश्चोशनसा स्पृष्ट: प्रत्यापन्नेन्द्रियस्मृति: ।पराजितोऽपि नाखिद्यल्ल‍ोकतत्त्वविचक्षण: ॥ ४८ ॥

ITRANS:

baliś cośanasā spṛṣṭaḥpratyāpannendriya-smṛtiḥparājito ’pi nākhidyalloka-tattva-vicakṣaṇaḥ

Translation:

Bali Mahārāja was very experienced in universal affairs. When he regained his senses and memory by the grace of Śukrācārya, he could understand everything that had happened. Therefore, although he had been defeated, he did not lament.

Purport:

It is significant that Bali Mahārāja is here said to be very experienced. Although defeated, he was not at all sorry, for he knew that nothing can take place without the sanction of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Since he was a devotee, he accepted his defeat without lamentation. As stated by the Supreme Personality of Godhead in Bhagavad-gītā (2.47), karmaṇy evādhikāras te mā phaleṣu kadācana. Everyone in Kṛṣṇa consciousness should execute his duty, without regard for victory or defeat. One must execute his duty as ordered by Kṛṣṇa or His representative, the spiritual master. Ānukūlyena kṛṣṇānuśīlanaṁ bhaktir uttamā. In first-class devotional service, one always abides by the orders and will of Kṛṣṇa.