Avathārikai (Introduction)
In the preceding pāśuram, it was established that the Supreme Lord, Emperumān, possesses the effortless capacity to create and dissolve the entire cosmos merely through His divine will, His saṅkalpam. This truth is affirmed in the venerable Śrī Viṣṇu Purāṇam (5.22.15): "*manasaiva jagath sṛṣṭiṁ saṁhārañca karōti yaḥ | tasyāripakṣakṣapaṇē