On the one hand, the Āzhvār goes into raptures in contemplation of the Lord’s auspicious attributes and, on the other, the Lord covets the Āzhvār’s body with the same avidity with which He swallowed butter in Gokula.
In this fifth pāśuram of the eighth chapter, continuing from the previous verse, Śrī Nammāzhvār mercifully reveals the profound and astonishing nature of Bhagavān’s reciprocity. As our venerable pūrvāchāryas explain, the Āzhvār here addresses a poignant question. Nampiḷḷai, in his celebrated introduction, frames it as a dialogue: when asked, "You have been meditating