1344. Our god took the form of a dwarf,
went to the sacrifice of the Asuran king Mahabali
who thought he could do anything he wanted,
asked for three feet of land, grew tall in all directions
and measured the earth and the sky.
He stays in the temple in Thiruvelliyangudi
where cuckoo birds living in beautiful alli groves
call to the god Velliyār, exclaiming, “Hari, Hari!”
and he hurries to them and gives them his grace.
Word by Word (WBW) meaning
(The words may be rearranged to facilitate conversion from poetry to prose (Aṉvayam). Please read the meanings (in black) continuously to form the sentence and understand the simplified meaning based on the Divyārtha Dīpikai for the verse.)
The Supreme Lord, Sriman Nārāyaṇa, in His infinitely merciful incarnation as Vāmanan, manifested with a luminous clarity of purpose. He entered the grand sacrificial arena (yāgam) of Mahābali, who, for his part, was possessed by the noble thought, "Let me perform the beautiful deed of offering my very self and all my possessions." The Lord, in the guise of a radiant