Apart from the crowning trait of modesty for women, as a class, the ‘Prapanna’, who pursues the path of loving surrender to the Lord’s voluntary grace, has to await the descent of such grace at the time deemed appropriate by the Lord, with absolute faith in Him, a robust confidence. It is this very plank, the mates also stand upon and so, they try to bring round the Nāyāki.
In this third pāsuram, the dialogue between Parāṅguśa Nāyakī and her companions deepens, revealing the unyielding nature of her divine love. Her friends, witnessing her relentless pursuit of Emperumān, gently counsel her. They do not argue that engagement in bhagavath viṣayam is inferior; rather, they suggest a practical reality. "Though you will not withdraw from