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A Dwarf who measured whole universe in just 3 steps

There is a saying, if God wants to give you by his 10 hands how much can you accept only by your two hands and if He want to snatch from you how can you protect.

Bali Maharaja the demon king conquered all the three planets of the universe by rightful possession.

Material possessions, however alluring they may be, cannot be permanent possessions. Therefore one has to voluntarily give up such possessions, or one has to leave such possessions at the time of quitting this material body. The sane man knows that all material possessions are temporary and that the best use of such possessions is to engage them in the service of the Lord so that the Lord may be pleased with him and award him a permanent place in His paraṁ dhama.

When Lord saw King Bali is now puffed up with power and position and now he is going against the law of Vedas, He took His incarnation in the form of dwarf from Aditi & Kashyapa muni as 5th incarnation.

He went to king in the form of Brahmna while King Bali was performing yagna & asked for three steps of land.

King Bali thought He is very minimum guy, I can give anything he wants from me but Lord Vamana asked Bali to give only 3 steps of Land as if a person is not satisfied whatever he get he can never be satisfied after getting so much also.

But King Bali's guru Shukrachrya stoped king Bali and warned He is not a ordinary person but Lord Vishnu himself He want to cheat you.

But King Bali goes against his Gutu and asked to take 3 steps of land from Vaman Deva. Lord Vaman covered heaven and earth only in 2 steps and asked Bali where should he keep his third step, King Bali replied," my dear Lord now I am free to surrender you so you can keep your third step on my head.

And this way King Bali gave everything including himself but he is not the loser but the name Balidaan (Sacrifice) words become popular from him only.

So, by giving everything to the cause of the Lord, one does not lose anything, but he gains everything that he could never otherwise expect.

Happy Vamana Dwadashi!

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