Krishna Katha - Verse for meditation - 06/09/2011 - 08/09/2011 - Sri Vamanadev ki Jaya - Ekadasi reminder 8th SEP - Please find attached PDF file with more reading material

Sri Jayadeva Gosvami says:

 

               chalayasi vikramane balim adbhuta-vamana

                  pada-nakha-nira janita jana-pavana

              kesava dhrta-vamana-rupa jaya jagadisa hare

 

     "All glories to Lord Kesava, who assumed the form of a dwarf. O

Lord of the universe, who takes away everything inauspicious for the

devotees! O wonderful Vamanadeva! You tricked the great demon Bali

Maharaja by Your steps. The water that touched the nails of Your lotus

feet when You pierced through the covering of the universe purifies all

living entities in the form of the River Ganges."

 

Vamana Dvadasi -- the appearance anniversary of Lord Vamanadeva, the

dwarf incarnation of Lord Krsna.

 

VAMANADEVA is Lord Krsna's incarnation as a dwarf brahmana.

Lord Vamanadeva begged from Bali Maharaja three paces of land.

When the request was granted, Lord Vamanadeva assumed a gigantic

form and with two steps covered first the earth and then the

entire universe. For the third step, Bali Maharaja was then

pleased to receive the Lord's lotus foot on his head. (See

Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.3.19, 2.7.17 and Eighth Canto, chapters 20-23.)