The people around could hardly know the depth of the Godlove swelling up the Nāyakī’s bosom but they could, in a way, notice it from the words she uttered, her lamentation and other external changes in her complexion, behaviour etc. Then, they started rebuking her but their remonstration produced the opposite effect, virtually serving as the rich manure for the speedy
In this eighth pāsuram, Parāṅguśa Nāyakī, consumed by her divine love for Śrīman Nārāyaṇa, reveals the overwhelming state of her heart to her confidante (tōzhī). As explained by the great ācāryas beginning with Nañjīyar, her desire to see her Lord has swelled far beyond the vastness of the ocean, reaching an extreme and unbearable intensity. She declares with finality