(i) The mate disconcertingly asks the elders what exactly they mean by persisting in all that tom-foolery, at the expense of Parāṅkuśa Nāyakī. What they do is like admiring the movement of the lips of a donkey noted for its ugliness, as it eats up the boiled paddy spread out in the open for sun-drying, unmindful of the loss of paddy. She advises them to worship the holy
In the seventh pāsuram of this chapter, the friend of parāṅkuśa nāyakī addresses the girl’s misguided mothers with profound urgency and theological clarity. As elucidated by the great ācāryas such as Nanjīyar, the core message is a stern admonition: if you take shelter of other devatās, it will only lead to her utter destruction; if you truly desire to save her,