The Lord, lovingly worshipped by vast multitudes in spiritual world and the pious brahmins on Earth, has condescended to exhibit even greater love unto the Āzhvār than to them all. What is more, He has got right inside the Āzhvār. Little wonder then that the Āzhvār looks upon the Lord as the aggregate of all happiness derived by the earthlings through various sources, Father, Mother, Wife and all these.
In this eighth pāsuram, our Āzhvār reflects with profound astonishment upon the supreme grace of emperumān. He declares that the Lord, who possesses the unrivalled greatness of being the master of both the spiritual and material realms (ubhaya-vibhūti-nātha), has deliberately pursued him and taken permanent residence within his heart. Consequently, for the Āzhvār,