776. You took the form of a man-lion,
split open Hiranyan’s chest with your claws and killed him
who had received many boons doing hard penance.
You came as a dwarf and begged for land from Mahābali,
but what kind of lie was that, since the world was already yours?
Did you hide the land in your stomach
that you received by begging him?
O Kanna! Who has the ability to know what you think?
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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.)