10. Thirukkoththumbi “Oh King dragon! Go and looking on that ancient fair Form, hum gently (my message) to Him with the tiger's skin and the soft silk as garments with the pendants and rolled palm-leaf as ear ornaments, with milk-white ash and soft sandal paste smeared on the body, with the trident and green parrot in the hands and with suitable armlets on either side". (This description of the fair array perhaps is indicative of His partly female form) (10:18) “Without saying that I am a crook, an evil one, a vile wretch, the magnanimous One came step by step into my mind in His entirety. Oh King dragon! Go and hum (my message) to His jewelled Feet which wipe away without leaving anythin all the sorrows which affict my mind.” (10:19) “Oh King dragon! Go and hum (my message) to Him Whose Form is fiery flame and Who provided a lofty seat and made me worthy while I was swelling with pride and while Ayan seated on flower and Maal stood by dejected, for He was hard to reach”. (10:20) 415
