When King Manu tries to counsel his daughter Varudhini about love, she replies with fiery logic, refusing mundane marriage. This poem is a masterpiece of Khandita (The Angry Heroine) sentiment.
This is Peddana’s most heart-wrenching poem. Separated from his beloved, the hero (Manu) speaks.
The mind is “stone” (hard/steady), but diamond (valuable). Peddana praises emotional stability. Words are “nectar” but heaps—meaning abundant. But the paradox: eyes are both curved (attractive) and bows (dangerous).