(i) The Lord does not extend special favours by reason of one’s high parentage, calibre and conduct, nor does He give up those of low descent, meagre intellect and poor conduct. He is absolutely impartial. †Prahlāda and Vibhīṣaṇa of Asura and Rākṣasa clan, respectively, were among His beneficiaries. If the other Asuras and Rākṣasas came to grief the fault was not with
In this third pāsuram of the sixth chapter of the first decade, Śrī Nammāzhvār, having deeply meditated upon the glorious qualities of sarveśvaran as revealed in the preceding verses, becomes so profoundly absorbed in divine bliss that he momentarily sets aside his sacred purpose of instructing others (paropadeśam). Instead, he mercifully describes the ecstatic state