Part 8, kangulum pagalum, கங்குலும் பகலும், Thiruvaimozhi 7.2, Sri nammAzhvAr, upanyAsam, meaning

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This poignant padigam is in nAyikA bhAvam (where Sri Nammazhvar imagines himself to be a nAyaki - parAnkuSa nAyaki, and expresses his bhakti for emperumAn in the form of SrngAra rasam). The nAyaki's mother describes her daughter's distress from the pain of separation (viraha tApam) in heartrending words to the Lord of Srirangam, the nAyakan, and asks Him what He intends to do about her daughter, the nAyaki. Both the nAyaki's anguish and the mother's angst come through very clearly in this moving composition. This padigam is the only one from Thiruvaimozhi devoted to the Lord of Srirangam, and is very special as a result.
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