(i) The famous author of ‘Ācārya Hṛdayam’ has succinctly brought out the superior excellence of the Āzhvār vis-a-vis the Ṛṣis. Whereas the Ṛṣis subsisted on the forest produce, such as roots, fruits etc, Lord Kṛṣṇa was the sole Sustainer for Nammāḻvār, the very food needed for appeasing hunger, the water required for quenching thirst and the betels one chews for pleasure,
In this inaugural pāśuram of the seventh chapter of the sixth decade, the narrative unfolds through the voice of Parāṅkuśa Nāyakī's mother. As our esteemed pūrvācāryas such as Nañjīyar elucidate, the mother, upon discovering her daughter's absence from the palace, immediately and with unwavering certainty discerns her destination. Knowing the very fabric of her child's