(i) The Nāyakī wonders how she could suffer inspite of Tirumakaḷ (Mahālakṣmī), the unfailing Intercessor between the Lord and His subjects being ever present on His winsome chest. The Lord is the soul of all souls and what is more, the Mother is always in conjunction with Him; here then is a grand setting, the soul of our soul, the super-soul being a mighty combination,
In this ninth pāsuram of the chapter, the mother of Parāṅkuśa Nāyakī beholds the profound spiritual affliction of her daughter and laments, "I am not seeing an end to her suffering." She perceives that her daughter is utterly captivated by the overwhelming love that Sriman Nārāyaṇa displays for His divine consorts—Śrī Mahālakṣmī, Bhūdevī, and Nīḷādevī—and confesses her