(i) The Lord is at once the Material (Upādāna) cause, Operative (nimitta) cause and Instrumental or efficient (Sahakāri) cause of Creation.
(ii) This is the key word for this stanza. The Master has come to reclaim His property (the Āzhvār) and He shall not be a party to its slipping through the fingers.
In this fourth pāsuraṁ of the chapter, our Āzhvār, having contemplated the boundless grace of Bhagavān, arrives at a profound and comforting conviction. The great ācāryas illuminate the Āzhvār's state of mind. As elucidated by the venerable Nañjīyar and further echoed in the commentaries of Periyavāccān Piḷḷai and Nampiḷḷai, the Āzhvār reflects upon the Lord’s magnanimous