In her present state of desolation, the Nāyakī is in no mood to listen to the Lord’s name being chanted by any one and much less, her own pet birds, particularly, the name of Lord Kṛṣṇa. The Nāyakī reared up the birds with curd, rice and milk and taught them also how to utter the Lord’s names, Rāma, Kṛṣṇa and so on. A little while ago, the Nāyakī had asked these birds
In this eighth pāśuram of the chapter, the profound anguish of Parāṅguśa Nāyaki reaches a new intensity as she turns her attention to the young cuckoos she has lovingly nurtured. Having pleaded with them to cease their recitation of Emperumān’s divine names, she finds her prayers utterly disregarded. In a state of profound distress, she rebukes them, exclaiming, “Even