(i) The Āzhvār’s ears long both to see and hear and, therefore, drew up a picture, as above. The Lord moving on His merry mount, Garuḍa, must be seen by the ears which should also listen to the sweet strains emanating from the wings of that angelic bird, in flight, like unto the tuneful Sāma Veda (Bṛhat and Rantra Sāma).
(ii) As Vāmana or Tṛvikrama [Tṛvikrama], the
In this fifth pāsuram of the chapter, as elucidated by our revered pūrvācāryas like Śrī Nañjīyar and Śrī Vādhi Kēsari Azhagiya Maṇavāḷa Jīyar, Śrī Nammāzhvār reveals the profound yearning of his very senses for the divine experience of Emperumān. The Āzhvār's faculty of hearing, his ears, are not content merely to hear; they overflow with the desire to both see the