Chapter 15: Bali Mahârâja Conquers the Heavenly
Places
(10-11) Surrounded by his own men and the
other daitya leaders who equaled him in opulence, strength and
beauty, they
seemed to drink in the
sky and burn the directions with
their looks. Gathering the greatest asura warriors they went to
the supremely wealthy capital of Indra while shaking the entire earth.
Chapter 16:
Aditi Initiated into the Payo-vrata Ceremony,
the Best of All Sacrifices
(54) O pious lady, all of them and also the
brahmins as far as possible and the rest assembled there,
should receive the prasâda of the rich food of goodness
[B.G. 17: 8] prepared
with milk and ghee.
Chapter
17: The Supreme Lord Agrees to Become
Aditi's Son
(4) Before her my best, the Supreme
Lord, the Original Person, with His four arms, conch, cakra, club and lotus flower appeared dressed in yellow.
Chapter
18: Lord Vâmanadeva, the Dwarf
Incarnation
(14) When He from Brihaspati
in ceremony received His sacred thread, for the sungod
the Gâyatrî [see note
**
5.7] was chanted and Kas'yapa offered
Him a belt [of
straw, signifying the twiceborn status].
