PLATE SIX
Desiring to conquer Indra, the King of heaven, Bali Mahārāja performed a special ritualistic ceremony called Visvajit. When ghee (clarified butter) was offered in the fire of sacrifice, there appeared from the fire a celestial chariot covered with gold and silk. There also appeared yellow horses like those of Indra, a flag marked with a lion, a gilded bow, two quivers of infallible arrows and celestial armor. Then Bali Mahārāja's grandfather Prahlāda Mahārāja offered Bali a garland of flowers that would never fade, and Śukrācārya gave him a conchshell. ( pp. 186-188 )