The Āzhvār could attain the Lord right now, not by following the disciplines, rigid and rigorous, but solely by His Grace which alighted on him while contemplating the boyish pranks of the Lord, as Śrī Kṛṣṇa, eating stealthily, the milk and butter, stored up in hanging hoops, in the pastoral village of Gokula.
In this eighth pāśuram of the chapter, we witness a profound shift in Āzhvār’s disposition. In the preceding verse, Āzhvār had pleaded with Emperumān out of a fear of separation, crying "ennai nī kuRikkoLLE" (pray, keep me in your heart and do not leave me). In response to this appeal, the Supreme Lord, Sriman Nārāyaṇa, mercifully glances upon His devotee. As nampiLLai