Here is a short and sweet picture, graphic enough, of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s mountain-lifting to protect a whole township and its cattle from the fury of Indra, which visited on them through a heavy down-pour of revengeful rains for a whole week. While the cattle grazed on undisturbed, moving a little down on the mountain slopes, the wild animals, caught unawares, tumbled down,
In this tenth pāsuram of the chapter, our Āzhvār becomes deeply immersed in the divine experience, relishing the glorious and supremely compassionate act of Emperumān as Lord Kṛṣṇa during His uplifting of the Gōvardhana hill to protect the cowherds and their cattle. This singular focus on the Lord's protective grace (rakṣakatvam) is the central theme highlighted by