(i) The worldlings are steeped in sleep, both day and night, while the Celestials in spiritual world have neither nights nor sleep. The Nāyakī also knows no sleep, like the Celestials. It is said that she knows no sleep instead of saying that she doesn’t sleep, because when in communion with the Lord, He wouldn’t allow her to sleep and, when away from Him, she is so disconsolate
In this inaugural pāsuram of the second chapter of the seventh decade, the state of divine madness induced by separation from the Lord reaches a critical point. The Āzhvār, in the persona of Parāṅguśa Nāyakī, has fallen into a state of unconsciousness due to the overwhelming sorrow of viśleṣa. Her loving mother, witnessing this unbearable condition, directly confronts