2600. You, the good lord came as a dwarf
who was never born or raised on the earth
and asked for three feet of land,
measured it with one foot and took it.
You swallowed the earth at the end of the eon and spat it out
and you brought the earth goddess from the underworld.
The whole earth is yours,
so why did you ask for the earth from Mahābali as a gift?
Please tell us.
Word by Word (WBW) meaning
(The words may be rearranged to facilitate poetry to prose conversion (Aṉvayam). Please read the meanings (in black) continiously to form the sentence and understand the simple meaning of those verse.)
pĕrāl̤ā — ŏh supreme being!; sīrāl piṛandhu — being born into a wealthy family; siṛappāl val̤arādhu — not growing up in a grand manner; pĕr vāman āgākkāl — even if you had not borne the name of vāman; nī — you; mārbu āra pulgi — (during your incarnation as varāha, the great boar) embracing with your chest; uṇdu — swallowing (during the time of deluge); umizhndha — spitting it out (during the time of creation); bhūmi — this world; nīr ĕṛpu aridhĕ — is not possible to take it in alms?; nī — you; sūzhndhu — analyse; yām aṛiya — such that we know; sollu — please tell