856. You swallowed the earth,
and you begged for land and took it from Mahābali,
measuring it till there was no place you had not taken.
O lord with lotus eyes who embrace the woman
whose sweet words surpass music,
there is no other color like your color.
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(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.)