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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 24]
grandfather, because of his great humility he thought that he was not. It is characteristic of advanced Vaiṣṇavas following the principles of  bhakti  that they think themselves ordinary human beings. This is not an artificial exhibition of humility; a Vaiṣṇava sincerely thinks this way and therefore never admits his exalted position.
TEXT 27
तस्यानुचरितमुपरिष्टाद्विस्तरिष्यते यस्य भगवान् स्वयमखिलजगद्गुरुर्नारायणो द्वारि गदापाणिखतिष्ठते निजजनानुकम्पितहृदयो येनाङ्गुष्ठेन पदा दशकन्धरो योजनायुतायुतं दिग्विजय उच्चाटितः ॥ २७ ॥
tasyānucaritam upariṣṭād vistariṣyate yasya bhagavān svayam akhila- jagad-gurur nārāyaṇo dvāri gadā-pāṇir avatiṣṭhate nija- janānukampita-hṛdayo yenāṅguṣṭhena padā daśa-kandharo yojanāyutāyutam dig-vijaya uccāṭitaḥ.
tasya —of Bali Mahārāja;  anucaritam —the narration;  upariṣṭāt — later (in the Eighth Canto);  vistariṣyate —will be explained;  yasya —of whom;  bhagavān —the Supreme Personality of Godhead;  svayam —per- sonally;  akhila-jagat-guruḥ —the master of all the three worlds;  nārāyaṇaḥ —the Supreme Lord, Nārāyaṇa Himself;  dvāri —at the gate;  gadā-pāṇiḥ —bearing the club in His hand;  avatiṣṭhate —stands;  nija- jana-anukampita-hṛdayaḥ —whose heart is always filled with mercy for His devotees;  yena —by whom;  aṅguṣṭhena —by the big toe;  padā —of His foot;  daśa-kandharaḥ —Rāvaṇa, who had ten heads;  yojana-ayuta- ayutam —a distance of eighty thousand miles;  dik-vijaye —for the pur- pose of gaining victory over Bali Mahārāja;  uccāṭitaḥ —driven away.
TRANSLATION
Śukadeva Gosvāmī continued: My dear King, how shall I glorify the character of Bali Mahārāja? The Supreme Personality of Godhead, the master of the three worlds, who is most compas- sionate to His own devotee, stands with club in hand at Bali Mahārāja’s door. When Rāvaṇa, the powerful demon, came to gain victory over Bali Mahārāja, Vāmanadeva kicked him a distance of