Avatārikai (Introduction)
Commencing with this present pāśuram, and for the six verses that follow, the Āzhvār immerses himself in a profound and blissful experience of Emperumān's majestic reclining posture in the sacred divya deśam of Thirukkudandhai, known today as Kumbakonam. In this first verse, the Āzhvār lovingly contemplates the glorious manner in which