2000. O friend, see!
He went to the sacrifice of Mahābali,
the king adorned with cool garlands,
and begged for three feet of land,
making those who saw him feel pity.
Yet even though he begged for those three feet of land,
he is the highest lord of the seven worlds. Sāzhale!
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