Unto the Devas, who wanted ‘Amṛt’ (ambrosia), the mere extract from the ocean and not the Lord Himself, He gave the Amṛt; He, however, gave Himself to the Cowherds in whose midst He was born, because they wanted Him, the real ‘Amṛt’ and not that artificial stuff. The Āzhvār’s soul got steeped in Him to such an extent and in such a manner that the one couldn’t be told from the other and hence there was no question of separation, as if they were two different entities,