Text 22] Lord Vāmanadeva, the Dwarf Incarnation
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world. Thus although the Lord was going to Bali Mahārāja to beg something, He is always complete and has nothing to beg from anyone. Indeed, He is so powerful that in His full opulence He pressed down the surface of the earth at every step.
TEXT 21
तं नर्मदायास्तट उत्तरे बले- 
    ये ऋत्विजस्ते भृगुकच्छसंज्ञके । 
    प्रवर्तयन्तो भृगवः क्रतूत्तमं 
    व्यचक्षतारादुदितं यथा रविम् ॥२१॥
tam narmadāyās taṭa uttare baler 
    ya ṛtvijas te bhṛgukaccha-saṁjñake 
    pravartayanto bhṛgavaḥ kratūttamaṁ 
    vyacakṣatārād uditaṁ yathā ravim
tam —Him (Vāmanadeva);  narmadāyāḥ —of the River Narmadā;  taṭe —on the bank;  uttare —northern;  baleḥ —of Mahārāja Bali;  ye —who;  ṛtvijaḥ —the priests engaged in ritualistic ceremonies;  te —all of them;  bhṛgukaccha-saṁjñake —in the field named Bhṛgukaccha;  pravartayantaḥ —performing;  bhṛgavaḥ —all the descendants of Bhṛgu;  kratu-uttamam —the most important sacrifice, named  aśvamedha ;  vyacakṣata —they observed;  ārāt —nearby;  uditam —risen;  yathā —like;  ravim —the sun.
TRANSLATION
While engaged in performing the sacrifice in the field known as Bhṛgukaccha, on the northern bank of the Narmadā River, the brahminical priests, the descendants of Bhṛgu, saw Vāmanadeva to be like the sun rising nearby.
TEXT 22
त ऋत्विजो यजमानः सदस्या 
    हतत्विषो वामनतेजसा नृप ।