Meaning of Thiruppavai pasuram 12-Kanaithu ilam katrerumai

Sister of that prosperous cowherd ; —   This line indicates that this Gopi is one who never leaves the company of Śrī Kṛṣṇa.

Yearning for their calves bellow and drip milk ; —-If the buffalo had been milked at the proper time, there is no necessity  for it to bellow and to allow the milk to pour from the udder.

The floor turned into a mire from the flow: –- Indicates that the house is flooded and rendered wet and slushy by the milk pouring from the udders of the young she-buffalo, who thinks of her calf and out of the fullness of her natural love lets the milk flow steadily out at the mere thought, even without any human agency.

Who in wrath slew the king of Lanka : –– This expresses the idea that Rāma never wanted to kill Rāvana whole-heartedly  but was provoked by unabated anger. This  anger arose due to Rāvana’s torturing of Hanumān who was a pure devotee. The Lord will never ignore an offence against a devotee.   Furthermore, anger for a righteous cause  is considered to be a good quality befitting a heroic ruler

We sing the praises of the Lord of our heart, –- this expression  has two  interpretations: ––

(1) He is the dear one to his friends and neutrals, and

(2) He is the dear one even to his very enemies.

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