Notes
(i) There are many points of comparison between the Kōels and the Ācāryas (preceptors).[1]
(ii) Here is an interesting anecdote to drive home the point that our accumulated sins cannot be washed off by our own efforts and that it is only the Lord’s spontaneous grace that can cut the gordian knot and absolve us. Kōḷari Āḻvān and Teṟkāḷvāṉ, two residents of
In the second pāśuram of this chapter, Śrī Nammāzhvār, embodying the lovelorn sentiments of Parāṅkuśa Nāyakī, continues his entreaties, overwhelmed by the anguish of separation from his Lord. Having previously requested cranes to serve as his messengers, the Āzhvār's profound bewilderment—a state induced by the unfathomable and auspicious qualities of Bhagavān—now leads