avathārikai (Introduction)
In this profoundly beautiful pāsuram, the Āzhvār offers a sublime lullaby (tālāṭṭu) to the Supreme Lord, Emperumān. The Āzhvār’s divine experience moves between the Lord's cosmic grandeur and His intimate accessibility. He glorifies that very Sriman Nārāyaṇa who brought forth all the worlds from His divine, lotus-like navel, and who