Avathārikai (Introduction)
In the preceding pāsuram, Śrī Āṇḍāḷ Nācciyār had lamented how the mere sight of the crimson kōvai fruit cruelly reminded her of Emperumān’s divine coral lips, thereby intensifying the unbearable pangs of her separation from Him. Averting her gaze from that tormenting vision, her eyes chanced upon a jasmine creeper, resplendent and