The Koel-birds kept silent, in response to the Nāyakī’s appeal. Meanwhile, the Krauñca (Aṉṟil) birds started warbling along with their inseparable male partners. The Nāyakī chides them, saying that neither the female nor the male is any better than the Koel-birds and wants to know why they are all out to kill her. The birds tried to beat back the Nāyakī’s admonition by
In this second pāśuram of the chapter, our Āzhvār, embodying the mood of Parāṅguśa Nāyakī, continues to express the anguish of her separation from the Supreme Lord, Śrīman Nārāyaṇa. Having previously addressed the cuckoos, she now turns her entreaties towards some female curlews, beseeching them, "Do not torment me with the sounds of your love-fights, which you so openly