Avatārikai (Introduction)
In this sublime pāśuram, the Āzhvār expresses a profound and heart-rending yearning. His soul longs to reach the sacred precincts of Śrī Raṅgam, to behold the divine form of the Lord, Namperumāl, and, overwhelmed by this beatific vision, to dance in a state of spiritual ecstasy and roll upon the hallowed ground in an act of pure, uninhibited