219 māvali vel̤viyil * māṇ uruvāyc cĕṉṟu *
mūvaṭi tā ĕṉṟu * iranta im maṇṇiṉai **
ŏraṭi iṭṭu * iraṇṭām aṭitaṉṉile *
tāvaṭi iṭṭāṉāl iṉṟu muṟṟum * taraṇi al̤antāṉāl iṉṟu muṟṟum (7)
Simple Translation
219. O Yashodā, he went, as Vāmanā, to king Mahābali, who
was performing a sacrifice. He asked for three feet of land, and
measured this earth with one foot and the sky with the other
foot. We think that was wonderful, but he stole our clothes,
stays on the top of the tree and refuses to give them back.
This isn’t fair.