(i) No doubt, Śiva is famous as the great dancer (Naṭarājaṉ), full of thrills, but Lord Rāma’s very gait is said to have been entrancing—c.f. ‘Agrataḥ prayayau Rāmaḥ’ (Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa) and equally majestic and enthralling was Lord Kṛṣṇa’s gait.
(ii) While the Lord is deadly unto the Asuras who inflict miseries on the devout, He is very dear to His devotees, all alike,
In this sixth pāśuram of the chapter, our Āzhvār declares with unwavering conviction a foundational truth of our sampradāyam: for the soul seeking liberation, there is absolutely no protection (araṇ) other than the divine feet of the supremely trustworthy Emperumān, who, out of His infinite grace, is mercifully standing in the sacred kṣētram of Thirumōgūr. He is