11. Thiruththellenam “Oh maidens with lightning like slender waists, red lips and white teeth ! Singing to the chorus “Thennaa!Thennaa!” of the glory of the Lord Who made me bow down to His jewelled Feet by His mercy and enslaved me like stripping fibre out of a stone, let us beat Thellenam!” (11:9) “With tears filling up our dart-like eyes with gratitude brimming our hearts to Him of tinkling jewelled Feet Which are rare to be seen by the devaas even in their dreams let us beat Thellenam for the way in which He along with Her of bangled arms resembling forest bamboo, came and graciously entered me in my waking hours and made me His own". (11:10). “Let us sing of how when the Partner of Her with eyes resembling Kayal (Labeo spp.) fishes uniting with me and making me His own, I became dead to my environments, how my Karma died with kith and kin, how the delusion upon this earth died and how all other powers of speech and action died, and beat Thellenam”. (11:11) 425
