In the preceding pāśuram, the mother voiced her distress in the line, ‘naṅgāy nam kuḍikku idhuvō nanmai enna, naṟaiyūrum pāḍuvaḷ navilkinṟālē’ (“O dear daughter, is this the good you bring to our family? Even so, she continues to praise and speak of Naṟaiyūr”). Realizing that her daughter remains utterly unmoved by her words of counsel, the mother