Chapter 19:
Lord Vâmanadeva Begs Charity from Bali Mahârâja
(28) S'rî S'uka
said: 'Thus being addressed Bali said with a smile to Lord
Vâmana: 'Now
take from me what You want' and, in order to give Him the land, he took
up his water pot [so as to
confirm his promise ritually with its water].
Chapter 20:
Lord Vâmanadeva Covers all Worlds
(21) Then the dwarf
form of the Unlimited Lord
began to expand most wondrously to the entire expanse of the threefold
of matter: He stretched Himself out in every direction over
all
the
land,
the
sky,
the
planetary
systems,
outer
space
and
the
seas
and
oceans
where
the
birds
and
the
beasts,
the
humans,
the gods and the saints were living.
Chapter 21:
Bali Mahârâja Arrested by the Lord
(6-7) With water for the feet and for the
guests, flower garlands, all sorts of pulp to smear, fragrant incense
and lamps, fried rice, whole grains, fruits, roots and sprouts,
they offered their respects exclaiming 'Jaya, jaya' to the glory
of His actions, thereby dancing, singing and playing instruments, like
vibrating conch shells and beating kettledrums.
Chapter 22:
Bali Mahârâja Surrenders His Life
(13) Indrasena
[Bali],
saw
his
grandfather, the
most beloved one, present there in all his glory: with eyes as wide as
lotus petals,
beautifully built, dressed in saffron and with a body as dark as
collyrium and
with long arms.
(32) Till
then
he
may go and live in
Sutala [see 5.24: 18],
the place created by [the heavenly architect] Vis'vakarmâ, where
it
because of My supervision has been made impossible for the inhabitants
to suffer
psychically or physically any weariness, exhaustion or defeat.
Chapter 23:
The Demigods Regain the Heavenly Places
(16) As
for the time and place,
the
person, the paraphernalia, [the practice of] the mantras and following
the principles,
faults can be made, but these are all nullified by
regularly chanting Your glories in congregation [*].
Chapter 24:
Matsya, the Lord's Fish Incarnation
(27) You
must
be the Supreme
Personality of Godhead Himself, the imperishable Lord
Nârâyana who has
assumed the form of a marine animal to
show all living beings Your mercy.
(42) Meditating
on
what
the
Lord
had
said
he
saw
a
boat
coming
near.
He
got
up,
took
the
herbs
and
creepers
and
got on board together
with
the leading brahmins.
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