The mother thinks that the Nāyakī should have forsaken the former and gone to the Lord at Tirukkōḷūr, to worship the holy conjunction of the Lord and the Divine Mother (Lakṣmī), banking on Her support, sure and sweet. At the same time, the mother also apprehends whether the frail daughter could at all stand the strain of the journey to that place and make it all right.
In this eighth pāsuram of the chapter, the profound anguish of Parāṅkuśa Nāyaki’s mother continues. Having witnessed her daughter forsake all worldly attachments, including her own mother, she now voices a heart-rending concern. Her lamentation is not merely about the departure, but about the arduous journey ahead. She contemplates whether her daughter, driven by an