The Āzhvār hitherto subsisted on the sure and certain knowledge that God subserves His devotees, ready to do their bidding and assume the Forms they devoutly long to enjoy. But his knowledge and faith, in this great trait of the Lord, are getting shaken, in his present state of dejection. The Lord is undoubtedly the repository of innumerable auspicious traits and it is
In this fourth pāsuram of the chapter, Śrī Nammāzhvār expresses a profound and sorrowful doubt that strikes at the very heart of his spiritual sustenance. Having long sustained himself with the firm conviction that the Supreme Lord, Sriman Nārāyaṇa, is ever pleased by those divine forms and glorious activities which are most pleasing to His devotees, the Āzhvār now finds