koNdAnai allAl koduththArai yAr pazhippAr?
maN thA ena irandhu mAvaliyai - oN thArai
nIr angkai thOya nimirndhilaiyE? nILvisumbil
Ar angkai thOya aduththu

Meaning:

mAvaliyai irandhu 		- Asking from Mahabali
maN thA ena 			- "Give me three steps of land"
oN thArai nIr 			- and as soon as the bright water (from his hands)
am kai thOya 			-  fell on Your divine beautiful hands
aduththu nimirndhilaiyE 	- did You not grow
nIL visumbilAr 			- such that the Devas in the vast space
thOya 				- could embrace
am kai 				- Your divine beautiful shoulders?
(pazhippAr) allAl 		- Other than blaming
koNdAnai 			- You who took (what was Yours),
yAr pazhippAr 			- who is there to blame
koduththArai 			- Mahabali who gave (what was not his).

Vyakhyana Saram:
When asked where we can see that He will do acts for His devotees sake, Azhvar replies - for the sake of His devotee Indra, He who only gives asked for something and accepted blame from this world.