Avathārikai (Prologue)
Having earnestly beseeched emperumān to bestow upon him the divine blessing of fearlessness, a profound doubt suddenly arose within the Āzhvār's own consciousness. He reflected, "By importuning Sriman Nārāyaṇa in this manner, do we inadvertently imply that we possess some inherent qualification (yōgyatā) to demand His mercy? Is it not