(i) The Āzhvār feels doubly blessed, in that he not only renders service unto the Lord, by word of mouth, (Vācika Kaiṅkarya) but also regales His devotees, through his hymns. The Lord’s wondrous deeds and marvellous achievements, the Āzhvār recounts rapidly but with great ease. The Lord sustained, in His stomach, all the worlds, for the duration of the deluge and then
In this tenth pāśuram, having sung the glories of the Supreme Lord, Śrīman Nārāyaṇa, the Āzhvār now reflects upon the profound sweetness of his own divine hymns. He marvels at the immense good fortune he has received, not only to have been chosen as the instrument to sing of emperumān’s heart-captivating activities, but also to have thereby brought immeasurable bliss