12. Thiruchchaazhal Q: My dear! Soon as placing the daughter of the mountain on one side of Him, another woman in the watery form (Ganga) upon His braided locks poured down in a rage. What is this? A: Had she not leaped into His braided locks in a rage, great ruin would have been caused making all the world plunge into the bowels of the nether regions; Chaazhalo! (12:7) Q: My dear! He ate the poison which rose up on the surface of the roaring sea. What is the meaning of His wondrous act? A: Behold! If He had not eaten the fierce poison on that day, Ayan, Maal and all other great devaas would have died; Chaazhalo (12:8) Q: My dear! The Lord of the hall of Thillai Who dances in the south with delight felt a desire for a female form. Don't you think that He is a very crazy One? A: Oh fool! Had He not felt a desire for a woman, note that all those in this wide world would have taken to austerities seeking heaven and would have disappeared; perished. Chaazhalo ! (12:9) 441
