The arecanut trees in Tiruppuliyūr do not thrive on water but are fed by His grace. If the Nāyakī’s lips are also red like the arecanut fruits of that place, it only shows that she is also the recipient of His sweet grace. According to her mate, there are very many indications of her revelling in His grace, since long. Her reddened lips, with a special glow, not so pronounced before, the aftermath of her union with the Lord, put the whole matter beyond all doubt.
In this sixth pāsuraṁ of the chapter, the friend of Parāṅkuśa Nāyakī addresses a query regarding the source of the Nāyakī's recently acquired and extraordinary beauty. When it is suggested that her newfound radiance might be attributable to her own amazing activities or the bloom of her age, the friend dismisses such notions. She emphatically declares that the true cause