The Gopīs insist that Kṛṣṇa shall not go after the cattle but stay behind, seeing that they just can’t subsist without Him. While their spirits will get burnt out like wax, set on fire, their strength of mind is next to nothing and cannot, therefore, avert the catastrophe. Whereas there may be many a girl of comely shape to attend on Him when He is away from them, He is unto the Gopīs, their sole Sustainer and without Him they cannot subsist.
In this sixth pāśuram of the decad, Śrī Nammāzhvār, in the state of Parāṅkuśa Nāyakī, continues his appeal to the Supreme Lord, Śrīman Nārāyaṇa, manifest as the enchanting Kṛṣṇa. Her Grace articulates the profound anguish of the gopīs, who find themselves utterly unable to endure even a moment of separation from Him. She acknowledges that He, the all-sufficient Lord,