Highlights from the avathārikai (Introduction)
In a profound and dramatic reversal of roles, Parakāla Nāyaki, the Āzhvār assuming the state of a lovelorn maiden, finds herself immersed in the sorrow of separation from Sriman Nārāyaṇa. She laments to her messengers that while it is Emperumān who ought to suffer in separation from His devotee, it is she who must endure