val̤avezhum thavazhamĀda – adorned with beautiful, silver-like white colored storied houses. āzhvār speaks of the embellishments in Vada Mathurā, which remained unseen when Kaṇṇan (Kṛṣṇa) was born there, and consoles himself by adorning it with words. As he is about to narrate the incident involving the elephant Kuvalayāpīḍa, it can be inferred that Kamsan had the