(i) It is all due to the Lord’s grace and age-long effort that the straying individual is brought round and made to submit to the Lord’s protection, giving up all notions of self-ownership and self-protection. Having generated in the Āzhvār God-love of such great magnitude, the Lord should naturally follow it up by obliging Him with His presence. Having seen the Lord in
In this ninth pāśuram of the chapter, Śrī Nammāzhvār addresses the Supreme Lord, Sriman Nārāyaṇa, who has mercifully descended and is reclining in the sacred kṣētram of Thirukkuḍandhai. The Āzhvār’s plea is one of sublime intimacy: "You, who are the sarvēśvaran, made Yourself accessible to all souls by resting in Thirukkuḍandhai. You graciously caused me to accept