Āzhvār is beseeching Emperumān inquiring if He indeed undertook an act that the denizens of this realm lauded (though they criticize Emperumān). This world, wherein individuals often misjudge virtue for vice and vice for virtue, has always belonged to Emperumān. Yet, Mahābali considered it his own. Believing he was bestowing it as a gift to Emperumān, Emperumān