PLATE FOUR
As Bali Mahārāja and the members of the assembly watched in stunned amazement, the unlimited Supreme Personality of Godhead, who had assumed the form of Vāmana, began increasing in size, until everything in the universe was within His body, including the earth, the planetary systems, the sky, the oceans, the birds, beasts, human beings, the demigods and the great saintly persons. The Lord in His universal form thus stood before Bali Mahārāja holding a conchshell, sword, shield, flaming discus, arrow, bow, lotus flower and club. On the Lord's feet, Bali Mahārāja saw the surface of the globe, on the surface of His calves all the mountains, on His bosom all the clusters of stars as well as the goddess of fortune, who held a lotus flower in her hand, and on His hair, the clouds. The Lord wore a yellow garment, covered by a belt, and He was decorated by a flower garland, surrounded by bees. Manifesting Himself in this way, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, whose activities are wonderful, covered the entire surface of the earth with one footstep, the sky with His body, and all directions with His arms. (pp. 116-126)