Avathārikai (Introduction)
In this poignant verse, the blessed Āṇḍāḷ Nācciyār, fully embodying the emotional state of a gopikā suffering the deep pangs of separation (viraha-tāpam) from her divine Beloved, gives voice to her experience. She recounts how she once beheld the supreme Lord, Kaṇṇapirāṉ, in the sacred groves of Vṛndāvana. There, he appeared in all