(i) The Āzhvār gratefully acknowledges the Lord’s assignment to him of the role of redeeming the worldlings, sunk in sorrow and despair, by instilling in him, as a preparatory measure, clarity of knowledge and understanding that He is the Supreme Lord of the Universe, the Sole Refuge of all His subjects. Bent upon redeeming the subjects in the ‘Līlā Vibhūti’ (Sportive
In this sixth pāśuram of the chapter, Śrī Nammāzhvār eloquently expresses the utter impossibility of forgetting the Supreme Benefactor, Sriman Nārāyaṇa, who so graciously used the Āzhvār as His chosen instrument to sing of His own divine glories. Emperumān, the ultimate Causal Lord, determined in His divine mind, "I should be sung by him," and in an act of profound grace,