The Āzhvār is indeed at a loss to find words to express the boundless grace of the Lord, who weaned him away from his waywardness and chose him as His mouthpiece to repeat the words dictated by Him and then glorified him as the great author of this grand hymnal. This is just like His discharging the cosmic functions through Brahmā, Rudra, Indra and the whole hierarchy,
In this second pāsuram, Śrī Nammāzhvār, having been completely overwhelmed by the grace of Sriman Nārāyaṇa, enters a state of blissful astonishment. He reflects upon his beginningless past, where he was utterly lost due to ahaṅkāram (ego) and mamakāram (possessiveness), remaining turned away from the Supreme Lord. Yet, Emperumān, without any conceivable reason (nirhētukam),