Avathārikai (Introduction)
When the maiden’s companions, witnessing her profound sorrow, gently questioned her, saying, “How could you feel such dejection and lay blame upon Emperumān, as you lamented in the previous pāsuram, ‘thāmuṟṟa pēdhellām eṇṇādē thammudaiya nanmaigaḷē eṇṇuvarē’ (He considers not the immense suffering He endured for us, but only His own