O King of the Daityas! From you, who are able to give charity munificently, I ask only three paces of land, to the measurement of my steps. It will later be understood that his three steps covered by three worlds. He asked for only a little area that covered his three steps (mahīm īṣat). This will be for my hermitage. This will be enough for my subsistence, for I survive by taking whatever food is offered. This was the meaning he intended to convey to Bali. When he says that he will take only the measurement of three steps, it is not untrue since he later expanded as Trivikrama, and those steps could not be refused by Bali.