(i) Finding the Gopīs terribly vexed with Him, Śrī Kṛṣṇa bade good-bye to them, wishing them well and told them that He would, however, be taking with Him, His playthings. But the Gopīs lost no time in picking up those pieces, with a view to detaining Him and prolonging the controversy. This gave Śrī Kṛṣṇa the golden opportunity He was looking for, to come in physical
In this seventh pāsuram, the divine drama between Sriman Nārāyaṇa and the gopikās, as personified by Parāṅguśa Nāyakī, reaches a point of exquisite tension. Having exhausted all gentle means of persuasion, much like Śrī Bharathāzhvān who arduously sought to bring Śrī Rāma back from the forest, Emperumān now confronts the unyielding devotion of the Āzhvār and her companions.