(i) Here is a splendid reference to one of the many infant sports of the Lord. The shepherdesses of Bṛndāvaṉ complained to Yaśodha that all their butter had been stolen by some one. Just on hearing this g neral complaint without any mention about Him in particular, child Kṛṣṇa cried immediately, as if to plead that He was not the culprit. Thus, by His own unbidden cry,
In the concluding pāsuram of this chapter, Śrī Nammāzhvār mercifully bestows the glorious benefits (phalaśruti) that accrue to those who recite these sacred verses. The great pūrvācāryas affirm that the Āzhvār, having just navigated the depths of sorrow born of separation, now provides the ultimate assurance: those who learn this chapter with sincere devotion will