There was no position of gods in the Yajnas of king Bali and the capital of Indra was also destroyed.
In great agony, all the gods meditated on the Lord, by which the Supreme Destroyer Purusha was pleased.2.
The Non-temporal Lord asked Vishnu out of all gods to assume his eighth manifestation in the form of Vaman incarnation.
Vishnu after seeking permission of the Lord, moved like a servant at the command of a king.3.
NARAAJ STANZA
He transformed himself ad a dwarf and after some reflection, he moved towards the court of the king Bali, where, on reaching, he stood firmly.4.
This Brahmin recited all the four Vedas, which the king listened to attentively.
The king Bali then called th Brahmin and got him seated respectfully on a seat of sandalwood.5.
The king quaffed the water, with which the feet of the Brahmin had been washed and offered charities.
Then he circumambulated around the Brahmin several times, after that the king offered millions of charities, but the Brahmin did not touch anything with his hand.6.
The Brahmin said that all those things were of no use to him and all the ostentations offered by the king were false.
He then asked him to give only two and a half steps of the earth and accept the special eulogy.7.
CHAUPAI
When the Brahmin uttered these words, the king along with the queen could not understand its import.
That Brahmin again said the same thing with determination that he had asked only for two and a half steps of the earth.8.
Shukracharya, the preceptor of the king was with him at that time, and he alongwith all the ministers comprehended the mystery of asking only for earth.
As many times the king orders for the donation of the earth, for so many times the preceptor Shukracharya asks him not to agree to it.9.
But when the king made up his mind firmly to give the required earth as alms, then Shukracharya giving his reply said this to the king,
“O king! do not consider him a small-sized Brahmin, consider him only as an incarnation of Vishnu.”10.
Hearing this, all the demons laughed and said: “Shukracharya is only thinking of useless thing,”
“The Brahmin, whose body doth not contain the flesh more than a rabbit, how can he destroy the world?”11.
DOHRA
Shukracharya said :
“The manner in which only a spark of fire, falling down, grows immensely in stature
“Likewise this small-sized Brahmin is not a man.”12.
CHAUPAI
The king Bali, laughingly, said these words to Shukracharya: “O Shukracharya! You are not comprehending it, I shall not regain such an occasion,