Avathārikai
In this most sublime verse, the blessed Āzhvār reveals a foundational truth of our sacred tradition: that Emperumān, Sriman Nārāyaṇa, becomes the ultimate refuge (śaraṇam) only for those souls who have first sought and secured the grace of His divine consort, Periya Pirāttiyār. Her role as the divine mediatrix (puruṣakāra) is thus established as