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The legend narrated that the horses turned back into jackals that very night, attacked and maimed the horses of the king and ran away ito the jungles. On hearing this news. the king was enraged and ordered to tie down the minister in the burning sand of the Vaigai river. The Lord could not bear the sufferings of this true devotee. He ordained a roaring flood in the river to soothe the minister. The flood threatened to play havoc and to engulf the capital by overflowing the banks. The king was amazed to hear about the sudden flood. He ordered all the citizens to repair the breeches at once by raising bunds. The share of an old saintly womancf the city a poor vender of rice-cakes-feil short for want of a labourer. The Lord took pity on her and offered Himself as a wager to do the job for her provided she gave Hisn rice-cakes as wages in advance. “In that same city, on behalf of her, His devotee, He graciously carried dug - up earth” -2:46-47 “Oh great crazy one of Peronthurai who carried earth in exchange for rice-cakes” (Decad: 30: Stanza 2) The heavenly labourer after gulping the sweet rice-cakes, went to the site but did only a little work by leisurely carrying cario on His head in a lethargic mood without evincing any ocrest in raising bunds on the breeches. This resulted in wideningo be breeches of the river in spate. Having heard this the King roic to the site in wrath and found that the particular frisky truant was doing nothing but was whiling away the time. The minister without knowing the miracle of the Lord was also there, watching the event. The angry King caned the miscreant Labourer. Aoni the blow fell on each and every creature of the universe. Suddenly the drivine Labourer disappeared carrying the wounds!