Avathārikai (An Introduction to the Pāśuram)
In this state of profound separation from her Lord, the Āzhvār, in the elevated mood of Parakāla Nāyakī, beholds the great ocean before her. Stirred by her own inner turmoil, the ocean itself appears agitated, furiously casting its great waves towards the shore. Seeing in the ocean a fellow sufferer who has also experienced