The Nāyakī had said, in the preceding song, that the whole world was asleep, suggesting that even the Lord had gone to sleep. The Lord was, however, quick to point out to the Āzhvār that He was not asleep but was only contemplating the manner in which He should present Himself to the Āzhvār and regale him. Thus informed, the Āzhvār could sustain himself and so also, the
In this concluding pāsuram, which serves as the phalaśruti or statement of benefits for this chapter, Śrī Nammāzhvār explains the glorious attainment of paramapadam as the inevitable result for those who learn and recite these verses. The preceding hymns have articulated the Āzhvār's profound and almost unbearable anguish in his separation from Śrīman Nārāyaṇa. As