SONG NO:23

Maari malai muzhainjil mannikkidanthu urangum
seeriya singam arivuttruth theevizhitthu
verimayirpponga eppaadum porndhudhari
moorinimirndhu muzhangippurappittu
podharumaa polenee poovaippoo vannaa un
koil nindru ingane pondharuli koppudaiya
seeriya singaasanathirundhu yaam vandha
kaariyam aaraayndhu arulelorempaavaai

The Almighty's Concern:

Seeing the plight of the gOpikA's Sri KrishNA felt sad. Moreover they were all the attendants of Sri ~Nappinnai, seeing their status Sri KrishNA was reminded of similar incidents in His earlier incarnation as Sri RAmA. The first incident was when the sages of DanDakAranyA forests were troubled by the demons in the forests and their bodies were maimed. When Sri RAmA came there, they showed their mangled bodies. The second was when Sri VibeeshNAzhwAn came for salvation; Sri RAmA felt He alone was responsible for all the abasements that He faced at rAvanAs hand.

The majestic Walk:

When He had so much compassion towards men, it's sure that He will have more on these gOpikA's. With all that compassion He consoled them and promised to give them what they wanted. But the gOpikA's wanted nothing but to see His majestic walk. They have witnessed the grandeur with which He reclain's, but not wanted to see Him walk with all the pomp and see Him bejewel the throne by His sitting posture. They compare this walk of His to that of a lion who comes out of the mountain cave after enjoying the rainy days with a deep slumber accompanied by the lioness.

The Supreme Nature:

Hearing this Sri KrishNA asked them as to how they expect to see Him walk, as Narasimham or RAghava Simham or Sri YAdhava Simham? AnDAL says, "All those similarities we gave are to stress the fact that you are naturally great and not to compare you with worldly things. It's well known that a lion cub needs no coronation in a jungle and it by nature the king of the jungle. Moreover it is like comparing your divine body to that of the poovai poo, which is of course improper. "