The Āzhvār’s desire to reach this pilgrim centre is so great that even the high spiritual world recedes to the background. Therefore, his thoughts are wholly centred on whether he would at all be able to reach that centre, stay firmly there and go round the place with great piety. Not only that, he feels that this holy centre is so very enchanting that is is bound to attract even the denizens of spiritual world.
In this ninth pāśuram of the chapter, our divine Āzhvār mercifully explains the supreme place held by the divine abode of Thiruvāṟanviḷai within his heart. Such is his devotion that he declares with profound conviction that if he were presented with the choice between attaining the ultimate spiritual realm of Śrīvaikuṇdham (paramapadham) and reaching the sacred