(i) The bliss that the Āzhvār experiences, as a result of singing Tiruvāymoḻi', is not merely unlimited but also supreme. Unlike the Veda Puruṣa, who attempted the impossible in trying to gauge the extent of the Lord’s bliss and had to acknowledge defeat, the Āzhvār has, right from the beginning, been declaring that the Lord is an inexhaustible fountain of bliss. And now,
In this pāśuram, Śrī Nammāzhvār reveals the ultimate fruition of his devotion, declaring that the bliss he has acquired by performing service (kaiṅkaryam) through the singing of his Tiruvāymozhi is immeasurably greater even than the supreme bliss of Sarveśvara, which is so famously expounded in the Ānandavallī of the Taittirīya Upaniṣad. The Āzhvār proclaims