860. You became a dwarf
even though no one made you small,
and, without anyone making you bigger,
you became tall even though no one made you tall
and touched the sky.
All the sages recite the Vedās,
praise you and say that you are the god of gods
and you destroy the evil of the proud,
and I join them in your praise.
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.)
Within His divine heart, Sriman Nārāyaṇa considered the nature of Āzhvār's devotion, reflecting, “In the preceding pāsuram, the devotion you expressed towards Me appeared remarkably similar to that of the steadfast souls I described in the Bhagavad Gītā (9.14): '*satataṃ kīrtayantō māṃ yatantaśca dṛḍhavratāḥ | namasyantaśca māṃ bhaktyā