PERIYAZHWAR TIRUMOZHI - 3.5
PERIYAZHWAR TIRUMOZHI - 3.5 PASURAMS 264 -274 aTTukuvi KANNAN TAKES GOVARDHANA MOUNTAIN AS AN UMBRELLA TO SAFEGUARD THE COWS AND THE COWHERDS 264: attukkuvi sORRu paruppadhamum* thayirvaaviyum n^eyyaLaRum adaNGgap- pottaththuRRi* maarippahai puNarththa* porumaa kadalvaNNan poRuththamalai* vattath thadaNGgaN madamaan kanRinai* valaivaay paRRi koNdu* kuRamahaLir- kottaith thalaippaal koduththu vaLarkkum* gOvarththanam ennum koRRakkudaiyE.* (2) (1) 264. KaNNan hurriedly ate the cooked rice , that was kept heaped like a mountain, the stream of curd and the ghee that was offered , earning the wrath that brought about the torrential rain. He who is equivalent to the huge ocean with great waves, held the Govardhana mountain for protection . The tribal women with big rounded eyes and motherly care were housed in these mountains, who took care of the baby deer by feeding milk through cotton tips. Such victorious moutain is this umbrella called 'GOVARDHANA'. (1) 265: vazhuvonRumilaa se