12. Thiruchchaazhal Q: Note my dear ! When I, this cur, sought refuge in Him Who is endless. He immersed me in the flood of Bliss. A: Behold that the holy Feet which immersed you in the flood of Bliss are an exalted thing to the devaas high up in the heavens; Chaazhalo (12:10) (The scoffer in this verse has changed her tune perhaps to provoke the lady-iove to reveal her love for her Lord) Q: Oh my dear damself What is this penance? Wearing round HIs neck. sinews and bones. He is in love with the skeletons on HIs shoulders. Don’t you see this? A: Listen how the skeletons came there? Behold that at the end of the aeon when the age of the Two. Brahma and Vishnu, had reached the fated hour He bore their skeletons on His shoulders; Chikazhalo I (12:11) (According to the saint there were numerous perishable Brahmaas and Vishnus as referred to also in 3:7: 15:9). Q: The skin of the tiger living in the forest is His garb. The skull is His food bowl. The cremation ground is His residence! Who would serve Him here my dear? A: Nevertheless hear this! Brahmaa, Vishnu and the king of the hevenly beings are His hereditary devotees; Chaazhalo ! (12:12) 443
