Meaning of Thiruppavai pasuram – 3 –  Ongi ulagalanda uthaman 

In this stanza Godā  pays her obeisance to the incarnation of Vāmana in which He appears as  a young student — brahmacarin, to ask three strides of land from the pious & generous but supremely egoistic and acquisitive demon king Bali. The land was granted and the Lord immediately expanded His form, and with two strides covered the entire manifest universe. He then asked Bali where the third step should be placed; Bali bowed His head for the Lord to step thereupon. Bali was pushed down into the nether regions and was granted immortality and sovereignty over the nether worlds. The ācāryas praise this incarnation above the others because everything belongs to the Lord anyway, yet, He takes the form of a poor brahmin boy and goes to seek a favour from a human being. It is the only incarnation in which no-one was injured and everyone received the grace of the Lord. In contemplating upon this most compassionate of the divine incarnations at the outset, and stating the results that they hope to obtain, Godā is expressing her great confidence in being able to secure the Grace of the Lord.

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