There are two ways of looking at the Nāyakī’s behaviour. Those who have unflinching faith in salvation through the Lord’s redemptive grace and await the descent of such grace on them, in due course, would certainly not countenance the Nāyakī running about, courting the Lord, while those, who are all agog for the quick consummation, the acceleration of the union with the
In this fourth pāsuram of the seventh chapter of the Sixth chapter, as elucidated by the revered pūrvācāryas such as Nañjīyar, the mother of Parāṅkuśa Nāyakī continues her lament. Observing her daughter's unshakeable determination, she voices her profound anxiety about the world's judgment. She wonders aloud, "Seeing my daughter's activities, will the quarrel-mouthed