Sage Nārada saw Nalakūpar and Maṇigrīva [Maṇigṛva], sons of Kubera, the Deity of Wealth, bathing in the river naked, and cursed them to become mere trees. Tied to a mortar by Queen Yaśodhā [Yasodha], as a punishment for His many pranks, Kṛṣṇa crawled on and hit the trees in question. The trees fell down and broke, releasing the regenerated Gandharvas from within. Sage
In the culminating pāsuram of this chapter, Śrī Nammāzhvār articulates the unbearable anguish of his separation from the Supreme Lord, Śrīman Nārāyaṇa. As our venerable ācāryas explain, the Āzhvār, having been completely won over by the Lord’s divine qualities, cries out in despair, “How long will I, who am suffering profoundly due to my inability to see You, have