(i) The Āzhvār invests all the three worlds with his remarkable fervour to serve the Lord’s devotees, which has become,as it were, a creed with him. This is the wholesome creed with which he invests all the worlds also. As Śrī Nampiḷḷai puts it, the worlds settled down to orderly thinking, good conduct and behaviour, only after the Āzhvār sang this decad (Tiruvāymoḻi).
In this concluding pāsuram of the chapter, Āzhvār mercifully elucidates the supreme benefit (phala-śruti) that is bestowed upon those who become experts in these sacred verses. The ultimate attainment, as established throughout this section, is the exalted state of bhāgavata śeṣatvam—unconditional servitude to the devotees of the Lord—which enables one to live a