There are certain upper worlds, charged with the special responsibility of guiding and conducting the released souls in their onward march to spiritual world. Those denizens are shown here as revering the new-comers by burning incense before them and showering on them choice flowers of outstanding fragrance. Even the sages came forward, breaking their normal vow of silence, to welcome these spiritual world-bound souls and escort them.
In this third pāsuram of the chapter, Śrī Nammāzhvār graciously reveals the magnificent reception that awaits the ascending śrīvaiṣṇavas on their journey to thirunādu (paramapadham). He describes how the celestial residents of the ādhivāhika worlds—the abodes of divine beings who guide the liberated ātmā along the archirādi mārga—come forward to welcome and