(i) The mate advises the womenfolk to desist from the propitiation of minor deities and adore instead the feet of the Supreme Lord through the good offices of the Vedic Scholars, the Lord’s devotees, and get Parāṅkuśa Nāyakī cured of her God-sickness.
The direct approach to the Lord is hazardous like mounting an elephant in the absence of its keeper. That is why it
In this eighth pāsuraṁ, the intimate friend of Parāṅkuśa Nāyakī delivers a stern admonishment to the Nāyakī's mother and kinsmen. Witnessing their misguided attempts to cure the Nāyakī's divine malady—which is nothing other than her profound love-in-separation from Sriman Nārāyaṇa—they have resorted to the worship of kṣudra devatās (petty deities). The friend declares