PLATE FOUR

As Bali Maharaja and the members of the assembly watched in
stunned amazement, the unlimited Supreme Personality of Godhead,
who had assumed the form of Vamana, 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 Maharaja holding a conchshell, sword,
shield, flaming discus, arrow, bow, lotus flower and club. On the Lord’s
feet, Bali Maharaja 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 ac-
tivities 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)
