134 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 8, Ch. 21

sanuga balim djahruh
sanksiptatma-vibhiitaye

brahma-adayah—great personalities, headed by Lord Brahma; loka-
nathah—the predominating deities of various planets; sva-nathaya—
unto their supreme master; samddrtah—with great respect; sa-
anugah—with their respective followers; balim—different parapher-
nalia of worship; ajahruh—collected; sarksipta-atma-vibhiitaye —unto
the Lord, who had expanded His personal opulence but had now reduced
His size to the Vamana form.

TRANSLATION

Lord Brahma and all the predominating deities of the various
planetary systems began to worship Lord Vamanadeva, their
supreme master, who had reduced Himself from His all-pervading
form to His original form. They collected all the ingredients and
paraphernalia for this worship.

PURPORT

Vamanadeva first expanded Himself to the universal form and then
reduced Himself to the original Vamana-ripa. Thus He acted exactly
like Lord Krsna, who, at the request of Arjuna, first showed His univer-
sal form and later resumed His original form as Krsna. The Lord can
assume any form He likes, but His original form is that of Krsna (Arsnas
tu bhagavan svayam). According to the capacity of the devotee, the Lord
assumes various forms so that the devotee can handle Him. This is His
causeless mercy. When Lord Vamanadeva resumed His original form,
Lord Brahma and his associates collected various paraphernalia for wor-
ship with which to please Him.

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