The Nāyakī laments that the benevolent Lord, who sustained all the worlds with their contents, in His stomach and protected them during the deluge, does not come to her aid in her present state of distress. The slanderous folks whose gossips actually fostered her God-love are fast asleep and so is the rest of the world. The Nāyakī cannot move about either because it is
In the sacred hymns of the Fifth chapter, this first pāśuram of the fourth chapter unfolds the profound agony of Parāṅkuśa Nāyakī. Having been separated from her Lord, she finds herself engulfed in a perilous night that mirrors the cosmic deluge. Our revered pūrvācāryas illuminate her state of mind: Nañjīyar notes that she questions, "while this dangerous night is