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Here is an Illustration of Vamanadeva, the dwarf who expanded and covered the whole universe with his body, giving the lesson that nothing belongs to us and that we are just borrowing the opulences created by the Supreme Divine Force.
When the Supreme Personality of Godhead appeared before Bali Maharaja as a dwarf brahmana (see the story below), He begged Bali for three steps of land. To Bali who ruled a vast empire, this seemed like surprisingly little to ask: how much land could a dwarf cover with three steps? Upon agreeing to the Lord's request, however, Bali saw Him expand until everything within the universe was within His body. On the Lord's feet, Bali Maharaja saw the surface of the globe, on His calves all the mountains, on His chest all the clusters of stars, and on His hair, the clouds.
 


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