Meaning of Thiruppavai pasuram 29 -Sittran sirukaale vandhu

The commentators consider this, the penultimate verse to be the most important one. In it Godā declares emphatically that the purpose of all this observance is not the mere drum but disinterested eternal love and service to Kṛṣṇa alone. The jīva is dependent upon Kṛṣṇa for its existence and its goal is to serve and live for His pleasure alone. The elders of Vrindāvan wanted the maidens to perform the vow for rains and for their getting good husbands, but the maidens have lost themselves totally in God-love to the exclusion of all else. The material goal has been transformed into a transcendental desire to love and to serve Kṛṣṇa. They have even rejected the concept of heaven and actually desire to take more births in order to serve and love Him.  We find that the highest purpose of life was outlined in the opening stanza (No. I) in somewhat veiled language. That veil is now unceremoniously brushed aside,  and the highest Puruṣārtha or object of human ambition is clearly declared by Godā. This is the crowning stanza of the entire prabandham and contains the quintessence of Visiṣṭhādvaita Philosophy.

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