Lord Kṛṣṇa tried to disabuse the Gopīs, by saying: “My darlings, is there such a thing as my departing from Your midst and even if I am away, for a while, can I forget You, for a moment? I am very much alive to your overwhelming love for me and if at all I take the cows out. to the pastures, it is because I am duty bound to do the work assigned to me, by my parents. But
In this fourth pāsuram, as Parāṅkuśa Nāyakī begins to acutely feel the anguish of impending separation, Emperumān mercifully utters a few humble words, such as, "Is there any reason for me to leave?" Far from consoling her, however, these very words become the source of her undoing, prompting her to lament, "These words alone are finishing me."
She addresses him as