788. You took the forms of a dwarf and a boar
and you made the vilam fruits fall and destroyed the Asurans
You made the blooming kurundam tree fall,
you killed the Asuran Kesi
and you split open the mouth of the Asuran who came as a bird.
People say that you are Kannan
and that is why you could do all these things with your strong hands.
You drank the milk of the cowherdess Yashodā,
ate mud, you stole butter and ate it,
and you drank the milk of the devil Putanā.
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