With the help of Brihaspati he entered into the sacrificial ground of Bali. Beholding his dwarfish stature Bali laughed and said,
बृहस्पतिसहायोऽसौ प्रविष्टो बलिनो मखे। तं दृष्ट्वा वामनतनुं प्रहष्टो बलिरब्रवीत्॥