Verse 28

²⁴Bound with a girdle of munja grass, the sacred thread on him and a deerskin over it, his hair matted, small, a brahmin, Hari as a young student made of maya: ²⁵seeing him come in, the Bhrgus with their pupils and with the fires stood up and received him, drawn small themselves by his fire. ²⁶The sacrificer, delighted, brought him a seat, good to look at and pleasing, its parts matched to his form. ²⁷Then Bali greeted him with a welcome, and washing the feet of the Bhagavan, he worshipped him, the delight of the minds of those who cling to nothing. ²⁸That washing of his feet, which takes away the stains of men, that knower of dharma set upon his head as a thing most auspicious; and it is what the god of gods, the lord of the mountain, whose crest is the moon, has borne upon his head with the highest devotion.