The Nāyakī’s eyes became dark through their absorption of. and deep penetration into the dark-hued Lord. From the moment, she worshipped the Lord, enshrined in this pilgrim centre, she got entranced by His lotus eyes and thawed down, when she addressed Him, as her lotus-eyed Lord. She couldn’t go on repeating it, much as she would like to, as she dwindled down in a state of ecstasy.
In this eighth pāsuram of the chapter, the friend of Parāṅguśa Nāyaki eloquently describes the profound transformation that has overcome the Āzhvār. She explains how Parāṅguśa Nāyaki has been consumed by a state of devotional languor and spiritual weakening, a condition that began on the very day she first offered her worship to the divine abode of Thiruththolaivillimangalam