Having woken up the ten girls and collected her group, Sri Andal has reached the temple of the Lord, it is either the Temple or the palace of Sri Krishna’s foster father Nandagopan.  They find that the ornate doors and the festooned doorstep are bolted and guarded by sentries, so the girls address the gate keeper and   ask him to open the bolts and let them in. The girls plead with the gatekeeper “we are small girls from the cowherd community and we seek the grace of the Lord. The Magical dark skinned Lord has made promises to us to give us a “Parai”. (meaning a small drum). (Is it a small drum that the girls seek from the Lord ?  - No there is a deeper meaning, we will see what they are actually seeking as go along the latter verses) )  We are pure and we come to sing the wake up song for Him. Please do not refuse entry for us, please do open the door to enable us to obtain the grace of our Lord.