“How unworthy and unbecoming,” the Āzhvār rattled, “would be the union of one so vile and abject like me and the Supreme Lord, pure and exalted beyond words!” And so, he fled away and hid himself behind a ruined wall, in a remote corner, with little or no scope of hearing and talking about the Lord. Thus he would forget all about God and, as a further precaution against
In this eighth pāśuram of the chapter, Āzhvār reveals a profound astonishment. Having previously resolved to separate from Emperumān due to a feeling of utter unworthiness, he discovers that such a separation is impossible. He exclaims, "When I attempted to leave Bhagavān, I accidentally heard His divine names, which rendered me incapable of moving away from Him. He,