Vamana

The King said: “When Vāmana arrived at the great sacred field of Vastrāpatha, what did he do from that time onward? Tell me that in detail.”

Having paid homage, Śrīśa—Vāmana—saluted Hditi (Aditi) and also the radiant Kaśyapa, and then went to the sacrificial enclosure. The Lord Himself set out with the intent to outwit Bali, the performer of the sacrifice.

When Bhārgava had departed, Bali—the son of Virocana—having worshipped Vāmana, began the act of gifting the earth (in charity).

Likewise, it is declared that the great-souled Narasiṁha abides in Janaloka; and the dwelling of Trivikrama is renowned to be in Tapoloka.

Śrī Mahādeva said: Then, at the end of a thousand years, Aditi gave birth to Vāmana—Viṣṇu, the infallible Lord of all the worlds.

O king, they are always Vaiṣṇavas, wholly devoted to Me; and in the month of Āṣāḍha, Vāmana—indeed the Supreme Lord—is worshiped.

One who is subject to death cannot measure the glories of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Trivikrama, Lord Viṣṇu, any more than he can count the number of atoms on the entire planet earth. No one, whether born already or destined to…

The unlimited Supreme Personality of Godhead, who had assumed the form of Vāmana, then began increasing in size, acting in terms of the material energy, until everything in the universe was within His body, including the earth, the…

“This Vāmana is certainly not a brāhmaṇa but the best of cheaters, Lord Viṣṇu. Assuming the form of a brāhmaṇa, He has covered His own form, and thus He is working for the interests of the demigods.

He is peaceful, bearing the conch and discus, abiding in the midst of the lunar orb; holding in his hands a pot of nectar and a bowl of curd-rice—this form is known as Vāmana.

O Śrī Rāma, O Viṣṇu—Narasimha, Vāmana; O Pradyumna, Saṃkarṣaṇa, Vāsudeva; O Aniruddha, the stainless One, O slayer of Mura—please protect us continually from every kind of fear.

Whoever bathes Trivikrama with one āḍhaka measure of milk and worships Him with devotion, uttering the mantra “Obeisance to Trivikrama,” (becomes spiritually fulfilled).