Given the context of Rabelais' Gargantua and Pantagruel as a "mock epic" that parallels Homer's Odyssey (Ahn 10), the "unfrozen words" seem to allude to the sirens in the Odyssey.

Ahn, Joyce. "The Renaissance Reception of Homer's Odyssey: A Review-Essay." Homer's The Odyssey: Critical Insights, edited by Robert C. Evans, pp. 3-16. Salem Press, 2020.

Gargantua's reasonings here closely align with the Christian humanist values of fellowship over self-interest. This argument highlights the way the monk compared to other jobs and societal roles offers little value to socitey as a whole. This seems to align with the argument that Rabelais seems to create throughout this text of the pointlessness and lack of value that religion can have, especially when considering the "French wars of religion" and its "lethal outcome" (Rossner)

Rössner, S. (2017) The giants Gargantua and Pantagruel – 16th century lifestyle habits. Obesity Reviews, 18: 1108–1109. doi: 10.1111/obr.12555.

Cyprian refers to Aphrodite the Goddess of love who had been born on the island of Cyprus (Notes and Study Guide).So, essentially the chorus is asking Aphrodite to not to give them love. The chorus recognizes the way love can be both good and evil. The chorus in this statement recognizes that love and hate are synonymous.

Notes and Study Guide, jan.ucc.nau.edu/jgr6/201%20web/unit11/study_guide_media.htm. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.

The word "Atman" means "higher self" which contrast with the word "deha" the lower self (Majithia 78). I believe this indicates that "[t]he Adhyatman" are the higher selves or souls. What is interesting about the word "Brahma" is that it looks very similar to the word "Brahman" which means the "universal self" (Majithia 78). While through context, I understand that this is meant to essentially be god, the implications of the idea of the universal self suggests to me that Brahma is the soul that all higher selves are trying to become. Especially since Brahma is known as "Soul of Souls" (1087) gives this idea of superiority and reminds me of the phrase best of the best.

Majithia, Roopen. The Highest Good in the Nicomachean Ethics and the Bhagavad Gita: Knowledge, Happiness, and Freedom. Bloomsbury Academic, 2024, https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350215122.

Majithia, Roopen. The Highest Good in the Nicomachean Ethics and the Bhagavad Gita: Knowledge, Happiness, and Freedom. Bloomsbury Academic, 2024, https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350215122.