The Lord’s exquisite charm can best be enjoyed only by drinking it in, with one’s eyes and mind. Words are but poor substitutes, and the comparisons, simiḷies and analogies indulged in by us, worldlings, are much too-feebḷe and faulty too, and cannot, therefore, describe the Lord’s exquisite features effectively.
In this second pāsuram, having been immersed in the divine effulgence of Azhagar Emperumān, Śrī Nammāzhvār proceeds to contemplate the absolute incomparability of His divine beauty. The revered pūrvāchāryas note that the Āzhvār's central purpose here is to reveal the profound inadequacy of all worldly examples and praises. Nanjīyar insightfully observes that such praises,