12. Thiruchchaazhal Q: Did you note, my dear, that the other day He, seated under the banyan tree expertly expounded the code of righteousness, the mystic deep meaning of the four Vedaas to the Four? A: Though He expounded the code of righteousness that day seated under the banyan tree, behold that He destroyed the three cities to their very foundations: Chaazhaio! (Banyan - Ficus bengalensis.) (12:16) Q: My dear ! Dancing in the open hall. He wanders about begging for food. How is it that we approach Him as God? A: Hear me how the four Vedaas without comprehending Him praised Him, behold, as the Lord and the Eesan (Lord of the universe); Chaazhalo (12:17) Q: When He smote down the stormy Salandharan the monster of the sea, with His divine disc, how is it my dear that He bestowed the disc to Naarayanan? A: Behold ! Since Naarayanan gouged out his eye and laid it at the Foot of Aran as a flower of worship, He bestowed the disc in His grace on Him; Chaazhaio ! (12:18) 447
