(i) The elders coaxed the Nāyakī, saying that they are the persons really interested in her well-being and she was, therefore, bound to listen to their advice. But the Nāyakī felt helpless, having become totally unreceptive and impervious to advice of any kind, in the absence of her mind, which has already crossed over to the Lord and taken shelter at His lovely feet,
In this tenth pāsuram, as elucidated in the commentaries of our venerable pūrvācāryas beginning with Nañjīyar, the friends of Parāṅkuśa Nāyaki confront her, asking, "Can you behave in this manner? Why do you not endeavor to sustain yourself?" In response, she reveals the very core of her despondency and helplessness. She explains that her heart, her most intimate faculty,