(i) The Āzhvār prays that he should be enabled to enjoy the beatific bliss, in close proximity to the Lord at Tiruvēṅkaṭam. The Āzhvār’s grief, in not being able to get at the Lord’s feet, calls for the same attention on His part, as the great deluge when He did sustain all the worlds, with their contents, inside His stomach. All that fame, He derived by that great gesture,
In this inaugural pāsuraṃ of the tenth chapter, Śrī Nammāzhvār, embodying the state of one who possesses no refuge other than the Supreme Lord, ardently petitions Him to mercifully grant the means to attain His divine feet. Āzhvār addresses Emperumān, who is eternally present upon the sacred hill of Tirumalā, as the one whose glorious qualities are dedicated to the protection