(i) The Āzhvār points out here that Śiva, sporting the cool, crescent Moon on his matted locks, mistakenly revered by some as the Supreme and Brahmā, the four-headed Demi-urge, also form part of Lord Viṣṇu’s possessions.
(ii) ‘Liege-Lord’: Viṣṇu, who put the Āzhvār on the right track and thereby made him solely worship Him, without straying into the domain of worship of the lesser deities.
In this eighth pāśuram of the chapter, our esteemed pūrvācāryas—from Nanjīyar to Periyavāchchān Piḷḷai—unanimously explain that Śrī Nammāzhvār contemplates the supreme majesty of Emperumān, who possesses the principal deities of the cosmos, such as Brahmā and Rudra, as His divine wealth and glorious manifestation (vibhūti). The Āzhvār, utterly conquered by the Lord’s