“Now you have purchased Me by your charity”

Vamanadeva came to Bali Maharaja: “Maharaja, you are ksatriya. You are very charitable, I have heard. If you can give me little land?” So Bali Maharaja was very much pleased: “Yes, I will give You. How much land You want?” “Now, three feet.” “Three feet? For this you have come to me?” “Yes, yes.” So, “All right, I will give you three feet.” So by one feet He covered the whole sky, and the other feet, he covered the whole down planetary system. So Bali Maharaja understood that what kind of beggar is He. Yes. So Vamanadeva said, “My dear Bali Maharaja, you promised three feet, but by two feet you have finished all your possession. So what about the other foot?” So Bali Maharaja, he was a devotee. He said, “My Lord, don’t worry. Still there is. It is my head. Place Your other feet on my head.” So Vamanadeva said, “Now you have purchased Me by your charity. I shall remain your doorkeeper.” So if you make charity to Krsna you can purchase Krsna. Yes. Although Krsna is all-powerful proprietor, you can purchase Krsna. So do that. If you have got any money, spend for Krsna consciousness.

Srimad-Bhagavatam 6.1.13-14
by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Honolulu, May 14, 1976