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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.28.9

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 28: Story of Siddhāśrama: Vāmana’s three strides. Viśvāmitra recounts Vāmana’s three strides and the restoration of Indra’s realm, then begins his observance with the brothers as guards

In the sequence: born to Aditi, Viṣṇu became Vāmana, asked Bali for three paces of land, and received them → he strode across the worlds, subdued Bali, and restored the three worlds to Indra. Viśvāmitra explains that devotion to Vāmana led him to live in this hermitage, where the rākṣasas now obstruct his rites

1.28.9

atha viṣṇur mahātejā adityāṃ samajāyata
vāmanaṃ rūpam āsthāya vairocanim upāgamat

Then Viṣṇu of great splendour was born of Aditi; and, assuming the form of a dwarf, he approached the son of Virocana.

Words: atha — then; viṣṇur — Viṣṇu; mahātejā — of great splendour; adityāṃ — of Aditi; samajāyata — was born; vāmanaṃ — dwarf; rūpam — form; āsthāya — having assumed, taken on; vairocanim — the son of Virocana (Bali); upāgamat — approached, went up to

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.