After briefly touching upon the Lord’s Avatāra as Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the Āzhvār deplores his inability to remain steady and recount His wonderful deeds, as they send him into a trance, touching as they do the inner core of his being. As a matter of fact, even as he contemplated the manner of the Lord’s birth as Kṛṣṇa, entering the mother’s womb as we, bound souls do, he fell into
In this inaugural pāśuram of the chapter, our revered pūrvācāryas such as Nañjīyar explain that Śrī Nammāzhvār mercifully encapsulates the entire mood of the subsequent verses. The Āzhvār finds himself utterly overwhelmed by the divine activities of Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s incarnation, which touch the deepest parts of his heart and weaken his resolve. This experience culminates