(i) Reference to playthings, in this song, would make it appear that Parāṅkuśa Nāyakī and the Lord were playing some game and the latter suddenly left. The Nāyakī felt piqued by this sudden departure of the game-partner so that, when He presented Himself later on, she would keep mum. And now, the Lord tried to coax her, in ever so many ways: He lavished epithets on her
In this inaugural pāsuraṁ of the second chapter of the sixth decade, the Āzhvār, in the sublime mood of Parāṅguśa Nāyaki, engages in a profound dialogue of loving anger (praṇaya-rōṣa) with the Supreme Lord. The dramatic setting is established as Eṁperumān, having delayed His arrival, finally appears before her. He arrives not with indifference, but with haste, and upon